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El Espinar to Ayllón [Segovia] Ayllón to Espinar El OCCIDENTAL NIPO: de Segovia: 0034 921 417 384 417 921 0034 Segovia: de Natural Park. Natural Servicio Territorial de Medio Ambiente Ambiente Medio de Territorial Servicio • the route is made across the Sierra Norte de Guadarrama Guadarrama de Norte Sierra the across made is route the SORIANA SORIANA Castilla y León: 0034 983 419 936/ 0034 983 419 935 419 983 0034 936/ 419 983 0034 León: y Castilla Arcones, Villarejo, Riaza and Ayllón, and a large part of of part large a and Ayllón, and Riaza Villarejo, Arcones, Dirección General del Medio Natural de la Junta de de Junta la de Natural Medio del General Dirección • Otero de Herreros, Sotosalbos, Collado Hermoso, Navafría, Navafría, Hermoso, Collado Sotosalbos, Herreros, de Otero TELEPHONES OF INTEREST: OF TELEPHONES CAÑADA REAL CAÑADA In their trip, the travellers will visit towns such as El Espinar, Espinar, El as such towns visit will travellers the trip, their In DL: servation of these pathways is also your responsibility. responsibility. your also is pathways these of servation steep sections, where prudence is advised. is prudence where sections, steep NATURE TRAIL NATURE - con The it. found you as everything leave to forget not do is perfect for mountain bikes; the only drawback are some some are drawback only the bikes; mountain for perfect is the most of this experience. We only ask one thing of you: you: of thing one ask only We experience. this of most the Although it may be covered on foot, virtually all the route route the all virtually foot, on covered be may it Although map for the journey, along with recommendations to make make to recommendations with along journey, the for map East, from the El Espinar Station to the town of Ayllón. Ayllón. of town the to Station Espinar El the from East, the Cañada Real Occidental Oriental Nature Trail and the the and Trail Nature Oriental Occidental Real Cañada the drover’s way across the province of Segovia, from West to to West from Segovia, of province the across way drover’s the trip. In this brochure you will find a brief description of of description brief a find will you brochure this In trip. the along the better part of the Cañada Real Soriana Occidental Occidental Soriana Real Cañada the of part better the along We invite you to visit them and offer you the keys to enjoy enjoy to keys the you offer and them visit to you invite We preceded by a short “zero stage”. This Nature Trail runs runs Trail Nature This stage”. “zero short a by preceded This Nature Trail covers almost 150 km divided in 8 stages, stages, 8 in divided km 150 almost covers Trail Nature This part of the unique cultural landscape of our country. our of landscape cultural unique the of part discover the villages, sights, traditions and people that are are that people and traditions sights, villages, the discover diversity and beauty of our precious natural heritage, and and heritage, natural precious our of beauty and diversity - bio the discover to countryside the to us take routes These MOUNTAIN RANGES OF SEGOVIA OF RANGES MOUNTAIN enjoyment. REMINISCING TRANSHUMANCE BY THE THE BY TRANSHUMANCE REMINISCING cattle trails and traditional routes, for public use and and use public for routes, traditional and trails cattle tore former transport infrastructures such as railway tracks, tracks, railway as such infrastructures transport former tore - res to aims Program Trails Nature Environment’s the and Since 1993 the Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries, Food Food Fisheries, and Agriculture for Ministry the 1993 Since of Spain of Trails Nature Guide to the to Guide PENINSULAR CENTER PENINSULAR SECTOR SECTOR PENINSULAR CENTER NATURE TRAIL CAÑADA REAL SORIANA OCCIDENTAL. Stage 0: Estación de El Espinar-El Espinar the The Descansadero de Torrecaballeros, a traditional reaching its final point in Riaza. 0. 7-km stage that joins Estación de El Espinar, the small resting area for herds, are tokens of a century-old trans- Stage 8. Riaza-Ayllón humance tradition in the area. Before reaching the end neighbourhood where the train station is located, and 8. The last stage of this Nature trail is also the longest, of the stage in Collado Hermoso, a visit to the pretty vi- the town of El Espinar. The way runs along the course of being over 24 km long, but at the same time is a good llage of Sotosalbos is well worth a visit. the River Gudillos until it turns towards the town of El reward for past efforts, since this stage consist on a Espinar near the Colada de la Soledad. Stage 4. Collado Hermoso-Navafría mild slope, which almost always goes down. It starts in Stage 1. El Espinar-Otero de Herreros 4. A short stage just under 10 km where the Cañada Real Riaza, one of the most stunning villages of the provin- 1. This stage, which runs over 13 km, starts by leaving behind Soriana Occidental drover’s way runs towards the N-110 ce of Segovia thanks, among other things, to its arcaded the town of El Espinar. Before descending to the course road and which ends in the natural pool formed in the square, and ends in Ayllón, which is the perfect ending of the River Moros, the path crosses a gate and accesses waters of the Cega River in the pretty village of Navafría. to this Cañada Real Soriana Occidental Nature Trial. the Cañada Real Soriana Occidental drover’s way, whose Stage 5. Navafría – Arcones tracing it will follow across the entire province of Segovia. 5. This fifth stage, which runs a little over 14 km, takes CAÑADA REAL SORIANA OCCIDENTAL After leaving behind the town of Los Ángeles de San from Navafría to Arcones. The lush pastures and mi- DROVERS’ WAY Rafael, which is a main communication hub, and crossing lestones such as the traditional resting area for herds of the Sierra del Quintanar at a mid-slope level, the stage fi- Descansadero de Gallegos and Descansadero Corral de The Cañada Real Soriana Occidental is a traditional cattle nishes when it reaches the Otero de Herreros Station. la Mesta leave no doubt that the route runs along the road used for centuries by herds of Merino sheep in their Stage 2. Otero de Herreros-Embalse del Pontón Alto Cañada Real Soriana Occidental drover’s road. search for pastures. Today, all cattle roads are regulated by Act 3/95, of 23 March, on Drovers’ road, and cons- 2. From Otero de Hereros, the path encounters several ri- Stage 6. Arcones – Villarejo titute imprescriptible, inalienable, unattachable goods, vers (Milanillos, Peces and Acebeda) and creeks(Viboras, 6. The hardest stage of the trail without a doubt, this section formally owned by Regional Governments. The most im- Pedrona, Pedriza, Fuentecillas,…). The trail runs at mid- runs above 21 km. The beautiful woods of Spanish juniper, portant among cattle roads are the type called drovers’ slope level across the Sierra de Guadarrama, allowing to Scots pine and, at the other side of the A-1 highway, the pas- roads, due to the fact that they are 75 m wide. In Spanish enjoy its lush vegetation. This stage, which runs over 21 tures and the woods of Pyrenean oak are well worth the they are called “cañada real”, the mention of “real” (“ro- km, ends next to the dam of the Pontón Alto reservoir. effort. The town of Villarejo marks the end of this stage. yal”) having been granted by King Alfonso XI of Castile Stage 3. Embalse del Pontón Alto – Collado Hermoso Stage 7. Villarejo-Riaza due to the importance of these roads for the economy 3. This stage spans almost 20 km, from the dam of the 7. In this 18 km seventh stage, the trail runs across at the time. In current times, their use as cattle road has Pontón Alto reservoir to Collado Hermoso. The na- Pyrenean oak and Scots pines from Villarejo to Riaza, diminished and been complemented by other compa- rrow bridge of Merinas, the Rancho de la Marquesa and leaving the ski resort of La Pinilla to the right before tible uses, such as public and environmental uses. This drovers’ way is one of the most important in the country. Panoramic view of the mountain range Cañada Real Soriana Occidental Cow drinking in River Pirón milestone MIDE Hoja1 de 17 Mapa VI.17.1 Harshness of natural environment2 Upward gradient 2382 m Guidande along the route 2 Downward gradient 2604 m 8 Route difficulty 2 ROUTE LENGHT 148,70 km Amount of effort needed 5 TIME 39 h 25 min town point of interest El Espinar station Ayllón Otero de Herreros Collado Hermoso Arcones Villarejo 1500 El Espinar Pontón Alto Navafría Riaza reservoir 1300 1100 Camino Natural de los hayedos y robledales de Riaza 900 7 700 (m)(01Km) 0 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 148,7 Camino Natural Vía Verde del Valle del Eresma 6 5 4 Camino Natural de la Cañada Real Soriana Occidental Camino Natural del Eresma 3 Camino Natural deCamino la Cañada Natural Real Soriana Occidental Camino Natural del Valle del Lozoya 2 1 0 Camino Natural de Campo Azálvaro Feature of natural SECTOR NATURE TRAIL Starting point interest PENINSULAR CENTER CAÑADA REAL SORIANA End of trail Natural/National Park Nature OCCIDENTAL Trails Informative panel.