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Torrevicente Canyon
The extreme environmental conditions in the limestone moors in this area reduce the growth of vegetation, which is limited to shrubs and pastures, with a few isolated stands of holm oaks. The poor lim...
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Hiendelaencina Mines
Except for the numerous ventilation towers that dot the landscape around Hiendelaencina, travellers on the Way of El Cid would little suspect the hidden past of the town, which for decades filled it w...
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River Dulce Ravine, La Cabrera
This is undoubtedly one of the natural places most closely linked to the Way of El Cid, because several sections of the trekking and MTB routes (from Mandayona to Jodra del Pinar) run next to its crys...
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Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente Look-Out Point, Pelegrina
“This unique camp has been set up in the heart of Spain, in the valley of the River Dulce in the province of Guadalajara.” With those words, spoken with his charismatic voice, Félix...
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Gorges of the River Tajuña, Anguita
The Tajuña Gorges are exceptionally beautiful, and of great ecological value, in nearly 11 kilometres of the river as it winds between the villages of Anguita and Luzón, very near its ri...
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Layna Moors
At first sight, the moor may look like a desolate, empty and even degraded open space. However, when we look more closely at this landscape, we can see that it is a complex geological structure formed...
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Medinaceli Salt-works
Located strategically in the valley next to the confluence of the River Jalón and the Pradejón rivulet, at the foot of the historic town of Medinaceli, the Salt-works represent for trave...
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Jalón escarpments, Somaén
For millions of years, the waters in the River Jalón have been shaping a valley that slowly penetrates into the plateau of Castile and connects with the Ebro valley. The course of the valley ha...
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Ayub Castle: gypsum landscapes. Calatayud
The castle is at 652 metres above sea level, on a promontory of gypsum where the tough pines survive as they try to emulate the gypsum-loving vegetation that dominates in the area. The 360° panora...
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Zaida Lake, Used
A small wooden look-out point above the roadside invites us to stop and view the scenery. If we are in luck and it is a year with an even number and the rains have been generous, we’ll see a lar...
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