neighbourhood () (Los neighbourhood Infantes

Medieval bridge and church in Quintanilla Quintanilla in church and bridge Medieval los de Lara of views and y Signpost station former Ausines Los

can be appreciated. be can

soon after so is the Sopeña neighbourhood. Sopeña the is so after soon

which has an interpretation panel and Rest Area. Rest and panel interpretation an has which town of Peñalara and the ruins of the Castle of Lara Lara of Castle the of ruins the and Peñalara of town

the neighbourhood of San Juan is passed on the left, and and left, the on passed is Juan San of neighbourhood the

trail, coming to an end at the Cascajares-Hortigüela stop stop Cascajares-Hortigüela the at end an to coming trail, Paules de Lara is left on the right, and to the left the the left the to and right, the on left is Lara de Paules

over the River Ausines. Coinciding with kilometre point 8, 8, point kilometre with Coinciding Ausines. River the over

Pyrenean oaks accompany the traveller to the left of the the of left the to traveller the accompany oaks Pyrenean tone along the trail. Afterwards, the small town of of town small the Afterwards, trail. the along tone

with the church of Santa Eulalia and the medieval bridge bridge medieval the and Eulalia Santa of church the with

is crossed. In these last stretches of the route, dense dense route, the of stretches last these In crossed. is

- miles orthographic important highly a is this time,

past the already mentioned neighbourhood of Quintanilla Quintanilla of neighbourhood mentioned already the past

of , a bridge over the River Salcedal Salcedal River the over bridge a Sierra, la de Cascajares of

known, whilst Peñalara can also be seen for the first first the for seen be also can Peñalara whilst known,

hoods, which the route leaves on the left, passing firstly firstly passing left, the on leaves route the which hoods,

Immediately after the crossroads that heads to the town town the to heads that crossroads the after Immediately 11.

The Pyrenean and Gall oaks make their presence presence their make oaks Gall and Pyrenean The 7. - neighbour three of up made is Ausines Los Ausines. Los

de Arlanza (SCI and SPAB), at the end of the trail. the of end the at SPAB), and (SCI Arlanza de tor, who can find a Rest Area shortly after the old station of of station old the after shortly Area Rest a find can who tor,

to that stated in Cantar de Mio Cid. Mio de Cantar in stated that to

the trail nears the Protected Natural Area of Los Sabinares Sabinares Los of Area Natural Protected the nears trail the - visi the welcome quarry air open large a and Quintanilla

ting Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar’s trip in his exile, according according exile, his in trip Vivar’s de Díaz Rodrigo ting

of Spanish juniper (Juniperus thurifera) start to appear as as appear to start thurifera) (Juniperus juniper Spanish of The town of Los Ausines, with the neighbourhood of of neighbourhood the with Ausines, Los of town The 3.

coincides with the Camino del Cid (GR-160), emula (GR-160), Cid del Camino the with coincides -

purpose, with the route heading southwards. Specimens Specimens southwards. heading route the with purpose,

the town of , for a few kilometres prior it it prior kilometres few a for Torrelara, of town the

energy production rise up from the small hills. small the from up rise production energy

The River of San Martín is crossed via a bridge for said said for bridge a via crossed is Martín San of River The 10.

A new crossroads indicates the possibility of visiting visiting of possibility the indicates crossroads new A 6. tion. Lined by rain-fed crops, wind turbines for electric electric for turbines wind crops, rain-fed by Lined tion.

time a backwards gaze is made. is gaze backwards a time - vegeta riverside abundant the enjoying purpose, said

Sea, with various elements of this railway route. railway this of elements various with Sea,

that bids farewell to the omnipresent Peñalara every every Peñalara omnipresent the to farewell bids that Ausines and eventually crosses this via a bridge for for bridge a via this crosses eventually and Ausines

said town pays tribute to the Santander- Mediterranean Mediterranean Santander- the to tribute pays town said

part of this section, starting with a smooth decline decline smooth a with starting section, this of part the landscape. The route passes parallel to the River River the to parallel passes route The landscape. the

to the town of Quintanalara is crossed. The entrance to to entrance The crossed. is Quintanalara of town the to

nery. Two kilometres later, the traveller faces the final final the faces traveller the later, kilometres Two nery. church of Natividad de San Juan Bautista dominates dominates Bautista Juan San de Natividad of church

Once kilometre point 16 is reached, the road that leads leads that road the reached, is 16 point kilometre Once 5.

- sce the dominating Eulalia Santa of church its with traveller arrives at the town of , where the the where Revillarruz, of town the at arrives traveller

aspen due to the humidity provided by the River Lara. River the by provided humidity the to due aspen poplars, acting as a prelude to the town of , Villaespasa, of town the to prelude a as acting poplars, Continuing along where the trains once travelled, the the travelled, once trains the where along Continuing 2.

verside vegetation dominated by white poplars and and poplars white by dominated vegetation verside River Valpariso is crossed with a landscape of white white of landscape a with crossed is Valpariso River

where the Torreón de los Gamarra tower stands out. stands tower Gamarra los de Torreón the where

Passing past kilometre point 30, the bridge over the the over bridge the 30, point kilometre past Passing 9. - ri and scrubland oak evergreen with areas various

roads invites for a visit to the town of Olmosalbos, Olmosalbos, of town the to visit a for invites roads

continues in parallel to the road, passing through through passing road, the to parallel in continues

continues its route through agricultural land. agricultural through route its continues - cross a stage, the of kilometre first the passing After

of the trail. After leaving this town, the Nature Trail Trail Nature the town, this leaving After trail. the of

time. After this succession of towns, the Nature Trail Trail Nature the towns, of succession this After time. ning of the route, the old station of Cojobar is reached. reached. is Cojobar of station old the route, the of ning

soon reached, with a neighbourhood on each side side each on neighbourhood a with reached, soon

are true vestiges of abandonment and the passing of of passing the and abandonment of vestiges true are - begin the after metres few A section. -Cojóbar

been conserved. The town of is is Campo del Revilla of town The conserved. been

reaches the old station of , whose buildings buildings whose Campolara, of station old the reaches of Cojobar (Burgos), specifically at the end of the the of end the at specifically (Burgos), Cojobar of

of the original elements from the railway line have have line railway the from elements original the of

ter crossing the road that enters Campolara, the route route the Campolara, enters that road the crossing ter Cojobar and Cascajares de la Sierra, starts in the town town the in starts Sierra, la de Cascajares and Cojobar

Area is reached. This has sports facilities and some some and facilities sports has This reached. is Area

- af Shortly seen. be can Infantes los de Lara of church Santander - Mediterranean Sea railway route between between route railway Sea Mediterranean - Santander

after kilometre point 12 the Revilla del Campo Rest Rest Campo del Revilla the 12 point kilometre after

de Lara is crossed, and two kilometres afterwards the the afterwards kilometres two and crossed, is Lara de This, almost 37 kilometre-long, section of the old old the of section kilometre-long, 37 almost This, 1.

The route advances in parallel to road BU-P-8012 and and BU-P-8012 road to parallel in advances route The 4.

After kilometre point 24, the road that leads to Aceña Aceña to leads that road the 24, point kilometre After 8. SIERRA

TRAMO COJÓBAR-CASCAJARES DE LA LA DE COJÓBAR-CASCAJARES TRAMO

SANTANDER -MEDITERRÁNEO -MEDITERRÁNEO SANTANDER

NATURE TRAIL NATURE

NORTHWESTERN PENINSULAR NORTHWESTERN SECTOR

SECTOR NORTHWESTERN PENINSULAR Guide to the Nature Trails of

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. PEÑALARA, AN UNCHANGED VESTIGE OF These routes take us to the countryside to discover the bio- THE SANTANDER - MEDITERRÁNEO RAILWAY diversity and beauty of our precious natural heritage, and ROUTE discover the villages, sights, traditions and people that are part of the unique cultural landscape of our country. This section full of history and pre-history starts in the We invite you to visit them and offer you the keys to enjoy town of Cojobar, just a few kilometres south of the capital the trip. In this brochure you will find a brief description of of Burgos. This has numerous findings of dinosaur remains Santander-Mediterráneo Nature Trail. Cojóbar-Cascajares and was vestige, according to that related in Cantar de Mio de la Sierra section and the map for the journey, along with Cid, of the exile of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar: El Cid. recommendations to make the most of this experience. We NATURE TRAIL only ask one thing of you: do not forget to leave everything as you found it. The conservation of these pathways is also SANTANDER- your responsibility. DL: MEDITERRÁNEO. TELEPHONES OF INTEREST:

• Los Ausines town council: 0034 947 09 93 90 COJÓBAR-CAJARES DE LA • Revillarruz town council: 0034 947 40 53 00

NIPO: SIERRA SECTION

Cojóbar a Cascajares de la Sierra [Burgos]  Mapa I.35.1 Camino Natural Santander-Mediterráneo. Tr. Cojobar - Cascajares de la Sierra Hoja 1 de 6

NORTHWESTERN PENINSULAR SECTOR Camino Natural Santander - Mediterráneo Tramo Quintanarruz - Trails Nature

MIDE

Harshness of natural environment 1 Upward gradient 183 m Guidance along the route 1 Downward gradient 124 m Route difficulty 1 ROUTE LENGHT 36,9 km Amount of effort needed 4 TIME 9 h 15 min

town point of interest Cojóbar Cascajares de la Sierra

1100 Cojóbar former station Campolara halt Los Ausines halt 1000

900 COJÓBAR DE LASIERRA -CASCAJARES SANTANDER-MEDITERRÁNEO. 800 (m) 0(km) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 36,9 Camino Natural de la Sierra de la Demanda

1 2 3 NATURE TRAIL

4 SECTION 5 6 Camino Natural Santander - Mediterráneo Tramo Cojobar - Cascajares de la Sierra 7 End of section point Starting Information panel 8

9 Bridge Rest area Former station 10

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¯ Huso 30 Km 0 2,5 5 7,5 10 Raster nacional 1:200.000. UTM ETRS89 Huso 30