Walking the Sierra de Tentudia, Extremadura

Our Walking Tours

Walk 1: Arroyomolinos - Abismo-Puerto de los Ciegos- Arrroyomolinos

Type: leisure Time: 3 hours Distance: 7 km Description: We start our trekking at sierra village Arroyomolinos de León, 600 m altitude. We then go deep right into mediterranean forest traversing plentiful vegetable gardens all along the stream la Morera. Scenery is made of Holm Oaks, some of...

Walk 2: Arroyomolinos de León-Abismo- Mirador-Arroyomolinos de León

Type: leisure Time: 3 hours Distance: 7 km Description: We start our trekking at sierra village Arroyomolinos de León, 600 m altitude. We then go deep right into mediterranean forest traversing plentiful vegetable gardens all along the stream la Morera.  Once we reach the local picnic area...

Walk 3: Cabeza la Vaca - la Pisa del Caballo-Era de Garrido -Cabeza la Vaca

Type: Moderate Time: 5 hours Distance: 12 km Description: Once we leave the village behind us we start going up through a lush path towards Sierra de las Buitreras (1.021m) where typical Sierra landscape (mediterranean forest) and Dehesa (holm oak, cork oak, amd clearing forest for cultivation),...

Walk 4: Cabeza la Vaca- Barranco Martin Gil- río Ardila- Calera de León.

Type: Moderate Time: 6 hours Distance: 18 km Description: This route goes north towards Fuentes de Cantos, a town out of the Sierra that has always been in close contact with Cabeza la Vaca, trading wood for wheat. Our walk will go across Ardila river and we will be able to enjoy water ecosystem...

Walk 5: Calera de León- Pinar de Calera- Monasterio de Tentudía- Arroyomolinos de León

Type: Challenging Time: 8 hours Distance: 20 km Description: We leave early morning Calera de León, famous for its Colegiata monument and traditional pastries, heading up south looking for the andalucian border, and following Los Lomitos old way we ascend to Tentudía Monastery (1.104m) after 10...

Walk 6: the four thousands: Buitreras-Cerro Gordo-Bonales- Tentudía.

Type: Challenging Time: 7 hours Distance: 10 km Description: Although it is not Everest, it is quite popular to do the four 1000 m summits. There is a lot of going up and down and the route is very changing and dynamic. We will stop at several water sources, a lot of thingS to learn from small...

 

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