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Gallocanta Lake Complex
The Gallocanta depression is the largest lacustrine basin in the Iberian Peninsula and is formed by nearly twenty wetlands, of which Gallocanta Lake is the largest. It is an endorheic complex in which...
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Limestone escarpments at Huesa del Común
Our solitary journey has taken us to Huesa del Común, in the foothills of the Muela de Anadón in the upper valley of the River Aguasvivas, one of the most unknown and abandoned mountaino...
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Gypsums at Barrachina
Gypsum is a sedimentary rock formed by the chemical precipitation of salts dissolved in lacustrine environments with an arid climate in the Tertiary. Although it is a quite unusual rock in Europe, in ...
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Pollarded poplars, Navarrete del Río
For centuries, the inhabitants of villages in the middle of the province of Teruel have maintained a special relationship with the poplars that grow on the river banks. From these trees they obtained ...
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Look-out Points in Virgen de la Hoz Ravine, Ventosa
As travellers drive along the road that enters the Ravine of La Hoz, they soon realise that they are in one of the most emblematic landscapes on the Way of El Cid: vertical walls, sculpted in incredib...
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Armallá Salt-works, Tierzo
Although they had been in use since Antiquity, it was not until the 18th century that the Armallá Salt-works acquired their current size and shape, when labour was attracted to the area and set...
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Las Quebradas in Chequilla
When they reach Chequilla by road, some surprising forms attract the attention of travellers on the Way of El Cid and invite them to stop for a moment. They are known as ‘Las Quebradas’, a...
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Megina Look-out Point
The CM-2111 road gradually reveals, kilometre after kilometre, new landscapes in the High Tagus Natural Park. A simple look-out point signposted from the road on a bend next to Checa Pass allows trave...
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La Tejera Geological Observatory, Checa
The landscapes in the High Tagus vary surprisingly as we move across the territory. In less than a kilometre, the leafy humid forests of conifers and deciduous trees, typical of northern latitudes in ...
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Albarracín Look-out point
We are at the entry to the Protected Landscape of the maritime pine-forest of Albarracín, at a look-out point over an old slag heap, with outstanding views over the area. It also invites a refl...
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