Nature Trails in Castile-La Mancha, Madrid and Extremadura and Offer You the Keys to Enjoy the Trip
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AND EXTREMADURA EXTREMADURA AND NIPO: 013-17-167-6 MANCHA, MADRID MADRID MANCHA, www.mapama.gob.es/en/desarrollo-rural/temas/caminos-naturales MORE INFORMATION: MORE IN CASTILE - LA LA - CASTILE IN NATURE TRAILS NATURE River Tagus Nature Trail Nature Tagus River to enjoy. to secluded areas, both natural and historical, for the walker walker the for historical, and natural both areas, secluded River Guadiana. This large area hides many landscapes and and landscapes many hides area large This Guadiana. 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Here, the Nature Trails running through Castile-La Mancha are south to the city of Badajoz. Its layouts follows old cattle roads. This trail follows the layout of the Baeza-Utiel railine, which was part of a continuous rail network intended to connect Andalusia and France by briefly described. Among them, middle distance routes, such as Vegas del Guadiana Greenway (Badajoz, Cáceres). This trail the Trenillo Greenway, the Sierra de Alcaraz or Guadalimar, lon- Eastern Spain. The trail Is formed by three sections: El Jardín-Santuario joins Villanueva de la Serena (Badajoz) and Logrosán (Cáceres) fo- ger trails such as Villuercas o Jara or really long trails, such as de Cortes (57.3 km), Albacete–Balazote (30.1 km) and Reolid (19.5 km). llowing an old railway line which had been planned to connect this those that follow the rivers Guadiana and Tagus. area with Talavera de la Reina. Work was abandoned definitively with Las Villuercas (Cáceres, Toledo). This trail runs along the Las La Mancha Wetlands (Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Toledo). The the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Its layout over 57.2 km offers the Villurecas region across the municipalities of Logrosán, Cañamero, trail follows a 150 km route along a series of disperse lagoons traveller, besides the beauty of its landscape, the possibility of getting Guadalupe and Alía, in the province of Cáceres, and the muni- with great natural value, located in the northeastern part of the close to the largest wintering area for cranes in the Iberian Peninsula. cipality of Puerto de San Vicente, in the province of Toledo. Its province of Ciudad Real and the southeastern part of the provin- creation allows to link the Vegas del Guadiana Nature Trail (Cáceres, ce of Toledo. These lagoons are unique in terms of their botanical La Jara Greenway (Toledo). This 51 km trail runs along the railway Extremadura) and the Jara Nature Trail (Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha), and zoological value, where a large number of birds and other line that connected Calera and Chozas with Santa Quiteria, a line that creating a trail of 185 km across an intensely beautiful landscape. was never operative. It was projected under the rule of Alfonso XIII and animals, live, breed or rest. For this reason, these areas enjoy pro- River Guadiana (Albacete, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, it was built to connect Extremadura to the centre of the Peninsula by tection at several levels, both regional and international. Huelva). The River Guadiana, 818 km long, is the second lon- creating a railway line to make a shorter route between Madrid and gest river in the Iberian Peninsula. This nature trail covers this Lozoya Valley (Madrid). This 31,7 km long nature trail is com- Badajoz, passing by Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) and Villanueva de la distance in 44 stages, and is interrupted when the river cros- posed by five different hikes or complementary routes by which Serena (Badajoz). The works were definitively abandoned in 1962. the traveller may know the southern side of the Guadarrama, a ses into Portugal, going back to Spain, all along the Portuguese valley dotted with shrines hidden among century-old pines and Trenillo Greenway (Toledo). In the heart of La Mancha, in the pro- border, in the Huelva side, before reaching into the Atlantic sea. in which the River Lozoya is a constant presence. Among its rich vince of Toledo, the railway line spanning the 26 km between Villacañas River Tagus (Teruel, Cuenca, Guadalajara, MAdrid, biodiversity, severely endangered species such as the Spanish and Quintanar de la Orden was inaugurated at the beginning of the Toledo, Cáceres). This trail forms a plural and diverse la- imperial eagle or the nocturnal Spanish moon moth (Graellsia 20th century. The arrival of this train, known as the “Trenillo,” saw the yout over more than 1,000 km heading to the Atlantic Ocean isabelae) stand out. gradual abandonment of scarcely-profitable cereal crops in the area, at the Western Coast of the Iberian Peninsula. From the Montes River Rivera de Acebo (Cáceres). This trail across the pro- and opened the way for wine production which continues to prosper Universales, in the Sierra de Albarracín, where the source of the vince of Caceres is formed by seven paths which all have their today, contributing greatly to the socio-economic growth of the area. Tagus is located, the trail crosses the provinces of Teruel, Cuenca, starting point either in the El Jevero recreational area or in the María Cristina Canal and its branches (Albacete). The five Guadalajara, Madrid, Toledo and, finally, Cáceres. The trail ends paths that start there. In this point located 2 km away from branches of this Nature Trail follow the layout of the most important here, but the Tagus continues across Portugal to Lisbon. Acebo, the traveller may enjoy a swim in the natural pools in branches of this important civil work. Works on the canal started in Cañada Real Soriana Oriental (Madrid). This route goes the River Rivera de Acebo before of after the hike. 1804 to drain water from the marshes that surround Albacete, which through the southeast of Madrid, following the layout of the Cañada Cáceres- Badajoz corridor (Cáceres, Badajoz). This nature allowed to create more agricultural lands and improved the town’s Real Soriana Oriental drove’s road, one of the nine Cañadas Reales or trail runs along 176.3 km, starting at the south of the city of Cáceres sanitary conditions. Today, it has lost its original function due to the Royal Drovers’ Road in the Peninsula, allowing the traveller to enjoy drop of water levels, except for in the city of Albacete. this agricultural landscape all the way to Fuentidueña de Tajo. Sierra de Alcaraz Greenway Nature Trail Cañada Real Soriana Oriental Nature Trail María Cristina Canal and its branches Nature Trail CN del Ebro SORIA SEGOVIA ATIENZA ZARAGOZA BUITRAGO DEL LOZOYA PORTUGAL SALAMANCA GUADALAJARA CN del valle del Lozoya COLLADO VILLALBA CN del Tajo GUADALAJARA MADRID SACEDÓN COLMENAR DEL ARROYO ÁVILA MADRID TERUEL ARGANDA DEL REY CN del río Rivera de Acebo HUETE ILLESCAS TALAVERA TARANCÓN PLASENCIA DE LA REINA CUENCA OCAÑA NAVALMORAL DE LA MATA CN del Tajo CUENCA TOLEDO CÁCERES CN Vía Verde del Trenillo. CN del Tajo TOLEDO Tramo Villacañas a Quintanar de la Orden VALENCIA CN Vía Verde de La Jara CÁCERES TRUJILLO CN de Las Villuercas CN de los Humedales de La Mancha CHIVA BUÑOL CN Vía Verde FUENTEALBILLA Vegas del Guadiana HERRERA LA RODA DEL DUQUE TOMELLOSO MIAJADAS PUEBLA DE CN del corredor DON RODRIGO DAIMIEL CN del Guadiana CN del Canal de Mª Cristina y sus ramales Cáceres-Badajoz MANZANARES MÉRIDA ALBACETE CIUDAD REAL CN del Guadiana CN de la Sierra de Alcaraz. BADAJOZ CN del Guadiana VALDEPEÑAS Tramo Albacete-Balazote PUERTOLLANO LA ALBUERA ALMENDRALEJO CN de la Sierra de Alcaraz. CN del corredor Tramo El Jardín-Santuario de Cortes Cáceres-Badajoz BADAJOZ CIUDAD REAL ALBACETE HELLÍN CN del Guadiana ZAFRA CN de la Sierra de Alcaraz. Tramo Reolid CÓRDOBA JAÉN MURCIA HUELVA SEVILLA.