mountain range from thenature trail thenature from range mountain station train
Vviews of the peaks of the Sierra de Béjar Béjar de Sierra the of peaks the of Vviews former the from Béjar of views Panoramic Station Montemayor de Baños
Béjar and Navalmoral is reached. reached. is Navalmoral and Béjar boar, deer and the Iberian lynx. Iberian the and deer boar,
until the outskirts of Cantagallo are reached. are Cantagallo of outskirts the until
eagle, and mammals such as hunting species for example example for species hunting as such mammals and eagle, m to go before the municipal boundary between between boundary municipal the before go to m
continues without the landscape changing for 3 km, km, 3 for changing landscape the without continues the salamander, the black and griffon vultures, the Bonelli’s Bonelli’s the vultures, griffon and black the salamander, the
After crossing under road SA-220, there is only 1400 1400 only is there SA-220, road under crossing After 9.
of the Peña de Francia, as well as keystone species such as as such species keystone as well as Francia, de Peña the of of the trail. Leaving Puerto de Béjar behind, the trail trail the behind, Béjar de Puerto Leaving trail. the of
these for their importance: the ray-finned fish and the lizard lizard the and fish ray-finned the importance: their for these ched from some of the paths that lead from the right right the from lead that paths the of some from ched mountain range can be made out. out. made be can range mountain
and 300 vertebrates. Two endemic species stand out among among out stand species endemic Two vertebrates. 300 and
- rea be can town the and Béjar, de Puerto to close background, the silhouette of the Sierra de Francia Francia de Sierra the of silhouette the background,
tats populated by more than 5,000 species of invertebrates invertebrates of species 5,000 than more by populated tats
Continuing the route, the N-630a is crossed, now now crossed, is N-630a the route, the Continuing 4.
tain range can be observed and in the east, in the the in east, the in and observed be can range tain - habi of diversity high a provides flora of variety large The
- moun Béjar de Sierra the of peaks the backwards,
point eight the station of Puerto de Béjar is reached. reached. is Béjar de Puerto of station the eight point
Quercus robur forest in San Martín del Castañar. del Martín San in forest robur Quercus forests and pastures in which cattle graze. Glancing Glancing graze. cattle which in pastures and forests
tween Cáceres and Salamanca, and after kilometre kilometre after and Salamanca, and Cáceres tween
of Holly in the Honfría forest in Linares de Riofrío and the the and Riofrío de Linares in forest Honfría the in Holly of
dense deciduous forests and Pyrenean oak and ash ash and oak Pyrenean and forests deciduous dense
- be crossed is boundary autonomous) (and provincial as the Madroño de Miranda del Castañar forest, the areas areas the forest, Castañar del Miranda de Madroño the as
The trail changes between being accompanied by by accompanied being between changes trail The 8. tive formations, there are also some remarkable ones, such such ones, remarkable some also are there formations, tive Just under a kilometre after leaving the tunnel the the tunnel the leaving after kilometre a under Just 3.
- representa these to Next places. many in forests chestnut
de Hombre is also left behind. behind. left also is Hombre de
allowing for spectacular views of the valley. the of views spectacular for allowing oak, oak and ash pastures in the cooler areas. There are also also are There areas. cooler the in pastures ash and oak oak,
park via a wide curve, the valley of the River Cuerpo Cuerpo River the of valley the curve, wide a via park curve in which the vegetation to the left opens up, up, opens left the to vegetation the which in curve Reserve, and alongside them there are the famous holm holm famous the are there them alongside and Reserve,
The oak and holm oak forests are present throughout the the throughout present are forests oak holm and oak The the A-66 motorway and going around an industrial industrial an around going and motorway A-66 the rry a torch). After the tunnel, the trail takes a wide wide a takes trail the tunnel, the After torch). a rry
Béjar’s factories are left behind. After passing below below passing After behind. left are factories Béjar’s - ca to advisable is it (although lit artificially is tunnel
which both regions come together. come regions both which
tunnels is reached. At more than 200m long, the the long, 200m than more At reached. is tunnels which is less than 200 m long, after which the last of of last the which after long, m 200 than less is which
area has great natural richness, with interesting places in in places interesting with richness, natural great has area
and just a few metres later the first of the route’s route’s the of first the later metres few a just and It does not take long to reach the route’s final tunnel, tunnel, final route’s the reach to long take not does It 7. a clear Euro-Siberian influence, and consequently this this consequently and influence, Euro-Siberian clear a
was used to turn the mills at Baños de Montemayor, Montemayor, de Baños at mills the turn to used was Mediterranean region, there are various areas that have have that areas various are there region, Mediterranean
nel, the River cuerpo de Hombre is crossed via a bridge. a via crossed is Hombre de cuerpo River the nel,
Although in biogeographic terms this is located in the the in located is this terms biogeographic in Although Garganta is reached, this is a small water course that that course water small a is this reached, is Garganta
tunnel, perfectly converted and lit. Upon leaving the tun the leaving Upon lit. and converted perfectly tunnel, - on the border with the provinces of Ávila and Cáceres. Cáceres. and Ávila of provinces the with border the on
After a kilometre and a half, a walkway over the River River the over walkway a half, a and kilometre a After 2.
located in the south-east of the province of Salamanca, Salamanca, of province the of south-east the in located re trail passes under this town through an almost 400 m m 400 almost an through town this under passes trail re
The Las Sierras de Béjar y Francia Biosphere Reserve, is is Reserve, Biosphere Francia y Béjar de Sierras Las The
ge, and this will accompany the trail until it reaches Béjar. Béjar. reaches it until trail the accompany will this and ge, bridge, and then the Béjar station is reached. The natu The reached. is station Béjar the then and bridge, -
- ran mountain the of slopes the cover that trees deciduous
Road N-630a is crossed again, this time over a metallic metallic a over time this again, crossed is N-630a Road 6.
RESERVE
thus visibility is not good) to then enter a forest with a mix of of mix a with forest a enter then to good) not is visibility thus
LAS SIERRAS DE BÉJAR Y FRANCIA BIOSPHERE BIOSPHERE FRANCIA Y BÉJAR DE SIERRAS LAS
a broadleaf forest, and crosses below the road. road. the below crosses and forest, broadleaf a Garganta (care must be taken, the road is very winding and and winding very is road the taken, be must (care Garganta
road on the right. The trail returns to the company of of company the to returns trail The right. the on road vide access to the town centre. town the to access vide La to Montemayor de Baños from road the crosses trail
in between the motorway on the left and the N-630a N-630a the and left the on motorway the between in - pro to order in railway the cleared had council town the The kilometres. two some after reached is Montemayor
provides access to the town, leaving the trail boxed boxed trail the leaving town, the to access provides Navalmoral de Béjar is less than a kilometre away, and and away, kilometre a than less is Béjar de Navalmoral de Baños of station old the Montemayor, de Baños and
Although this section of the Nature Trail ends here, here, ends Trail Nature the of section this Although which road another under passing by left is Cantagallo 5. Hervás between boundary municipal the from Starting 1.
MONTEMAYOR-BÉJAR SECTION MONTEMAYOR-BÉJAR
VÍA DE LA PLATA. PLATA. LA DE VÍA BAÑOS DE DE BAÑOS
NATURE TRAIL NATURE
PENINSULAR CENTER PENINSULAR SECTOR
SECTOR PENINSULAR CENTER Guide to the Nature Trails of Spain
Since 1993 the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food‘s Nature Trails Program aims to restore former transport infrastructures such as railway tracks, cattle trails and tradi- tional routes, for public use and enjoyment. CROSSING FROM CÁCERES TO SALAMANCA These routes take us to the countryside to discover the bio- ALONG THE SLOPES OF THE SIERRA DE BÉJAR diversity and beauty of our precious natural heritage, and MOUNTAIN RANGE. discover the villages, sights, traditions and people that are part of the unique cultural landscape of our country. This section of the Vía de la Plata Nature Trail follows the We invite you to visit them and offer you the keys to en- route of the old Astorga-Plasencia railway line, which runs joy the trip. In this brochure you will find a brief description at a mid-slope level along the sides of the western edge of Vía de la Plata Nature Trail. Baños de Montemayor-Béjar of the Béjar mountain range, declared in 2006, alongside section and the map for the journey, along with recommen- its neighbouring mountain range La Sierra de Francia, as dations to make the most of this experience. We only ask a Biosphere Reserve. The Vía de la Plata Route, is a tou- one thing of you: do not forget to leave everything as you rist-cultural trail based on the Roman trail between Augusta found it. The conservation of these pathways is also your NATURE TRAIL Emerita (Mérida) and Asturica Augusta (Astorga), which responsibility. lends it its name, and it runs parallel to the nature trail for a DL: VÍA DE LA PLATA. large part of the journey. TELEPHONES OF INTEREST:
• Baños de Montemayor town council: 0034 927 48 80 12 BAÑOS DE MONTEMAYOR • Puerto de Béjar town council: 0034 923 40 20 19 • Béjar town council: 0034 923 40 01 15 NIPO: - BÉJAR SECTION
Baños de Montemayor to Béjar [Cáceres and Salamanca] Mapa VI.27.1 Camino Natural Vía de la Plata. Tramo Baños de Montemayor - Béjar Hoja 1 de 4 PENINSULAR CENTER SECTOR Trails Nature MIDE
Harshness of natural environment 1 Upward gradient 213 m Guidance along the route 1 Downward gradient 64 m Route difficulty 1 ROUTE LENGHT 21,2 km Amount of effort needed 3 TIME 4 h 25 min
town point of interest Baños de Montemayor Béjar municipality municipality border border Béjar station Baños de Puerto de Béjar Montemayor station To Cantagallo 1100 station Béjar tunnel 1000
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Camino Natural Vía de la Plata 4 Tramo: Baños de Montemayor - Béjar
3 End of trail point Starting Rest area
2 Station Town Walkway
1 Bridge Underpass Monumental area Monumental
¯ Huso 30 Km 0 2,5 5 7,5 10 Raster nacional 1:200.000. UTM ETRS89 Huso 30