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Map of the Alto Tajo

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Map of the Alto Tajo Castle of Rochafrida (Beteta): the fortress upon the black cliffValtablado de Beteta: an abandoned village in the SerraníaTorre de Doña Blanca (Taravilla): Watchtower Over the CabrillasPuente de las Tres Provincias recreation areaVillanueva de las Tres Fuentes (Orea): an abandoned village in Sierra MolinaPeralveche chasmFuente de la Olmeda (Peralveche)Villaescusa de Palositos: the village almost erased from the mapHermitage of the Virgen de la Bienvenida (El Recuenco)Setiles lagoon or Laguna de los MajanosGuided visit to Saelices de la Sal saltworksSource of the Guadiela recreation areaTorcas de Lagunaseca: The Lesser-Known Karst of CuencaPresa de la Rocha or Campillo Dam (Zaorejas)Peña Horadada or Peña de la GitanaPeña del Ceñajo: a climbing route with a legendBarranco de la Hoz Somera (Serranía de Cuenca)La Sierra mushroom-gathering controlled zoneClimbing in Barranco de la HozArroyo de la Quebrantaherradura ravine (canyoning)Celtiberian hillfort of El Ceremeño (Herrería)Celtiberian hillfort of Peña Moñuz (Olmeda de Cobeta)Castillo de Alpetea: legend and Spanish Civil War memoryCastro de Castil-Griegos (Checa): Iron Age beside the AguaspeñaAqueduct of Zaorejas: the 'Roman bridge' of Fuentelengua ravineRoman mine of Cueva del Hierro: 2,500 years of iron miningPeña Escrita (Canales de Molina): rock engravings with human figuresCueva de los Casares: Paleolithic art, Neanderthals, and Islamic towerRock shelters of Rillo de Gallo: UNESCO World Heritage Levantine artCastle of Santiuste (Corduente): the 15th-century fortified houseSanctuary of the Virgen de la Hoz: the hermitage beneath red cliffsHermitage of the Virgen de Montesinos (Cobeta)Monastery of Buenafuente del Sistal: Cistercian nuns since 1246Casa Grande of Valhermoso: a 1786 molinesa manor houseJuniper chozones of Escalera: El Cerrillo and El SabinarFortified house of Vega de Arias (Tierzo): Casa del CidArmallá Salt Pans (Tierzo): Salt of the Señorío Since Roman TimesUrban ensemble of Checa: white houses, bridges, and the Genitoris RiverTerzaga Salt Pans: Medieval Salt on the Bullones RiverCastle of Arbeteta: the rock fortress guarding the Tagus routeChurch of San Pablo and Ermita de los Remedios (Poveda de la Sierra)Peñalén Bridge or Puente del Tío Lucas: a 1943 crossing between rock finsPuente de Tagüenza: the old crossing between Huertapelayo and HuertahernandoRiba de Saelices watchtower: the Berber tower above Los Casares caveSan Juan Salt Pans (Saelices de la Sal)Saelices de la Sal Pillbox: memory of the Spanish Civil WarCastle of Molina de Aragón: 12th-century fortress and Torre de AragónCastle of Zafra: the rock fortress of the Sierra de CaldererosMorencos Ironworks (Peralejos): iron forging on the Hoz SecaHermitage of San Lorenzo (Checa): pilgrimage into Sierra MolinaHermitage of the Virgen de Ribagorda (Peralejos de las Truchas)Puente del Martinete: the first major bridge over the TagusLa Inesperada saltworks (Ocentejo)Puente de las Tres Provincias (Valdeminguete): where the Alto Tajo beginsAlustante WindmillBatán Mill (Ocentejo) and the bridge blown up by the FrenchChozón Museum of Ablanque: how paramera shepherds livedLaguna de Taravilla: an 11,000-year-old natural tufa damBarranco de la Hoz: the red canyon of the Gallo RiverCuevas Labradas folds: rocks folded like an accordionPuente de San Pedro: where the Tagus and Gallo meetBarranco del Arandilla (Cobeta): a singular rodeno sandstone canyonDehesa of Olmeda de Cobeta: ancient pollarded Pyrenean oaksAbandoned meander of Hoya de la Parra (Taravilla)Checa Dropstone: a boulder dropped from an iceberg 440 million years agoCheca Graptolites: Fossils That Look Like WritingThe Aguaspeña of Checa: a living rock growing 4 cm a yearPoljé del Cubillo (Checa): a closed karst valleyCueva del Tornero (Checa): the great subterranean cavity of central SpainLas Quebradas: the little enchanted city of ChequillaOrea Stone Run: a boulder river you can hearCorridors of Peñas Rubias: the enchanted city of OreaLaguna de la Salobreja (Orea): a saltwater lagoon in the mountainsPino de las Siete Garras (Orea)Valtablado Bridge: a Tagus ford with a poplar groveCascada del Campillo: the permanent waterfall of ZaorejasLa Escaleruela: the stepped tufa waterfall of ZaorejasSima de Alcorón: Descending 63 Metres to the Heart of the ParameraEnchanted city of Hoya del Espino (Peñalén)Salto de Poveda: The Largest Waterfall in Alto TajoBarranco del Horcajo: a canyon with yew and linden woodlandHundido de Armallones: the rock collapse that dammed the TagusValle de los Milagros: red sandstone towers in Riba de SaelicesNacimiento del Río Cuervo: tufa waterfalls in Vega del CodornoMuela Pinilla y del Puntal: Natural Monument in MasegosaHoz de Beteta: the Guadiela canyon in the Serranía de CuencaMatasnos Sinkhole: where a stream plunges 122 metres undergroundSierra de Caldereros: Red Sandstone and Zafra CastleLas Juntas of the Tagus and Hoz Seca: where the Tajillo becomes the TagusAncient volcano of Orea: 270-million-year-old dacitesCerro de San Cristóbal (Orea): 1,862 metres and dark night skiesRambla Malilla (Checa): the gorge running down to the TajilloRambla de las Sarguillas: River Nature ReserveSierra Molina: Ancient Dehesa of TranshumanceTerreras de la Virgen (Cárcava de Ribagorda)Muela de Utiel: the great karst plateau between Tagus and CabrillasAltos de la Campana (Checa): between the Tagus and Hoz SecaDehesa de Belvalle (Beteta)Muela del Conde (Taravilla): the boldest mountain in the ParkCascada del Molino de Arriba (Peralejos de las Truchas)Los Ojos de la Cárquima: the hidden Tagus waterfallCueva de la Ramera (Beteta): guided tour in Hoz de BetetaTordesilos lagoon: birds on the eastern boundaryMontes de Picaza: 15,000 hectares of protected forestSerrezuela de Valsalobre: The Densest Chasm Area in SpainEl Chorrero of HuertapelayoCueva de las Majadillas (Sacecorbo): the caving schoolPozo del Soto (Villanueva de Alcorón): a mine that became a lakeLa Tejera experimental area (Checa): the ten rocks of the ParkBarranco del Ciño Negro (Zaorejas)Grobias Chasm: A 45-Metre Open-Air Vertical ShaftBarranco del Hocino: the yew grove that burned in 2005Olmos de la Soledad (Lebrancón)Source of the Guadiela River (Cueva del Hierro)Chequilla bullring: an arena between stone towersTetas de Viana: The Twin Hills of TrilloBocanegra Resurgence (Ojal Morena), Poveda de la SierraHoz del Río Ablanquejo: a wild, pathless canyonFuente de las Tobas: the great Tagus waterfall in PeñalénBarranco de la Hoz de Oter and the El Barrancazo gorgeWet Meadows Micro-Reserve (Torremocha del Pinar)Fuentelsaz Stratotype: a global geological reference standardHoyón de Motos: the celada sinkholes of the parameraFossil forest of Rillo de Gallo: a 300-million-year-old PompeiiEl Ceremeño Museum (Herrería)Regional Museum of Molina de Aragón (San Francisco Convent)Barranco de la Hoz viewpoint: aerial panorama of the red canyonMirador de la Cueva del Febrero (Taravilla): the great balcony of the TagusMirador de Fina: roadside balcony over the TagusMirador del Machorrillo: Laguna de Taravilla from aboveMirador del Pie y Medio (Fuembellida)Mirador Pie Molino: Peralejos from Muela de UtielMirador de la Vaqueriza: Chequilla and the Cabrillas valleyMirador del Tajo (Zaorejas): raptors and the Puente de San Pedro tufaEl Rasón: viewpoint over the Tagus and Hoz Seca confluenceMirador de la Cuesta del Acebar: the Hoz Seca canyonLas Molatillas (Cuevas Labradas): viewpoint over San Pedro and AlpeteaPuntal del Pancho (Lebrancón): window onto the Tagus canyonMirador del Cerro (Ablanque) and the chozón museumBuenafuente del Sistal viewpoint: the wildest TagusOcentejo information pointPeralejos de las Truchas information pointPoveda de la Sierra information pointJuniper chozones of Ablanque: evolution of pastoral architectureGallo River recreation area in ToretePoveda-Peñalén junction rest areaEl Vado recreation area (Peralejos de las Truchas)Fuente del Cura recreation area (Ablanque)Ventorro del Chato recreation area (Cabrillas River)Linares River recreation area (Cueva de los Casares)El Ojillo recreation area (Adobes)La Laguna recreation area (Tordesilos)El Espinar recreation area (Adobes)El Cañuelo recreation area (Adobes)Puente Colgante del Tajo recreation areaVado de Salmerón recreation areaVirgen de Montesinos recreation area (Cobeta)Sima de Alcorón recreation areaPrado de la Becea recreation area (Checa)La Vaqueriza recreation area (Chequilla)La Herrería de Lebrancón recreation areaLa Falaguera II recreation areaLa Común recreation area (Peralejos de las Truchas)La Canaleja recreation area (Orea)Huerta del Forestal recreation area (Taravilla)Huelga Merendera recreation area (Barranco de la Hoz)Fuente la Rana recreation area (Orea)Fuente la Jícara recreation area (Orea)Fuente del Endrino Alto recreation area (Alustante)El Angosto recreation area (Alcoroches)Cerrillo Herrero recreation area (Orea)Casa Forestal recreation area (Corduente)Barranco de la Hoz recreation areaNacimiento del Río Cuervo Visitor Centre (Casa de la Herrería)Dehesa de Corduente Visitor CentreFuente del Berro recreation area (Poveda de la Sierra)Museum of Traditional Pastoral Life of the Alto Tajo (Checa)La Falaguera recreation area (Zaorejas)Los Ceños recreation area (Ocentejo)Sequero de Orea Visitor CentreFuente de los Vaqueros recreation area (Checa)Tagus River Visitor Centre (Zaorejas)Church of the Natividad of Armallones: 13th-century RomanesquePortillo Tunnel: The Road Carved by the People of HuertapelayoChurch of Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Algar de Mesa)Castle of Embid: the pentagonal stronghold of the Aragon frontierCastle of the Mala Sombra (Establés): history and legendTorre de La Yunta: Tower of the Order of Saint JohnLagoons of La Yunta: cranes and steppe birds near GallocantaMilmarcos: manor houses, Mannerist altarpiece, and a theatre of a prosperous townTormo de Mochales: The Rock Tower of the Mesa ValleyPardos mines: Mina Estrella and its copper mineralsChurch of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (Rueda de la Sierra)Sanctuary of La Concepción in Cillas, Meeting Place of the Sexma del CampoCasa de los Utrera: the Baroque palace of TartanedoChurch of San Bartolomé (Tartanedo): Romanesque portal with carved beastsAmayas Elm: a survivor of Dutch elm diseaseHermitage of Santa Catalina of Hinojosa: Romanesque among junipersChurch of Santiago in Labros: a recovered Romanesque gemLagoons of Tortuera: the wetland trail of the high plateauMolina-style manor houses of TortueraPozo Galeano (Villel de Mesa): gorge and waterfall of the Mesa RiverCastle of Villel de Mesa: the rock fortress of the FunesRoble de la Sexma: where the Sierra representatives were electedChurch of San Mateo (Peralejos de las Truchas) and its ApostoladoBlazoned mansions of Peralejos de las TruchasWashhouse Black Poplar (Pinilla de Molina): largest catalogued poplar in the comarcaCobeta Tower: Surviving Remnant of the Tovar CastleEl Huso: the stone monolith of Barranco de la HozCapricho Rillano: the 'Gaudí house' of Rillo de GalloChurch of the Virgen de la Minerva (Selas) and its altarpieceHermitage of the Virgen de la Carrasca: Romanesque in Sierra de CaldererosCastle of Castilnuevo: from fortress to palatial manorPairones of El PedregalEthnographic Museum of El Pobo de DueñasHombrados Open-Air Museum: farm machinery in the streetsSetiles iron mines: the other side of Sierra MeneraCastro de La Coronilla (Chera): an excavated Celtiberian hillfortLos Artesones valley (Ablanque): pine woods and sandstone along the AblanquejoChurch of Tortonda: a Romanesque gallery facing northTorre de la Cigüeña: The Watchtower Over Anguita and the TajuñaDolmen of Portillo de las Cortes (Aguilar de Anguita)Council Pen of Ciruelos del Pinar: communal justice among neighboursEl Castejón of Luzaga: the oppidum of the Celtiberian bronzeLuzón School Museum: the 1950s classroomEl Mirón Paleontological Museum (Maranchón)Maranchón Juniper Forest: the largest Spanish juniper woodland in EuropeParameras de Maranchón, Hoz del Mesa, and Aragoncillo: land of Dupont's larkLa Cándida Resin Works (Mazarete)Fossil ray traces of Esplegares, from the Lower JurassicPico Alar: balcony over the Hundido de ArmallonesTajuña Valley in Torrecuadrada: Protected Karstic CanyonsLos Rodiles (Cubillejo de la Sierra): an oppidum facing RomePonce de León Tower (Cubillejo de la Sierra) and its MuseumPairón de San Juan Bautista (Cubillejo del Sitio)Cueva de la Hoz (Santa María del Espino): Paleolithic art of the TajuñaRoman camp of La Cerca (Aguilar de Anguita)Castro de Hocincavero (Anguita)La Cava (Luzón): a Celtiberian town above the TajuñaCastle of Albalate de Tajuña (Luzaga)El Palomar and Cerrada de los Santos (Aragoncillo): Celtiberian settlement and cemeteryLa Hoya del Villar hillfort (Villanueva de Alcorón): excavations in progressEl Turmielo (Aragoncillo): watchtower and shelter of early Molina historyCastro de Los Castillarejos (Checa): rock-cut ditch and cyclopean towerCastro de El Castillejo (Anquela del Pedregal): two enclosures upon a hillCastro de El Castillejo (Ocentejo): the hillfort seen in the days of Philip IICeltiberian necropolis of La Yunta: 268 graves on the Aragon borderPeñalén folds: a tropical sea crumpled by the earthVariscan folds between Checa and Orea: the oldest rock wrinklesFossil waves of Padilla del Ducado: a 240-million-year-old seabedTriassic rivers in Rillo de Gallo: current traces from 240 million years agoLaguna Grande de El Tobar (Beteta): a lake with saltwater at the bottomValdeherreros-La Azafuera (Riba de Saelices): from Celtiberian village to Roman vicusFortified house of La Bujeda (Traíd)Tajuña gorges: 11 km of river between Anguita and LuzónPuente Viejo of Molina de Aragón: the red stone Romanesque bridgeChurch of Santa Clara (Molina de Aragón): the Romanesque gem of the townChurch of San Pedro (Molina de Aragón) and its Mudéjar bell-gableChurch of Santa María la Mayor de San Gil (Molina de Aragón)Torre de Aragón: Molina's Pentagonal Watchtower and Interpretation CentrePrao de los Judíos (Molina de Aragón): the Jewish quarter beneath the castleHistoric quarter of Molina de Aragón: palaces, Jewish quarter, and Moorish quarterType locality of aragonite: the mineral named after AragonChurch of the Asunción (Alustante): Gothic by Basque stonemasonsPeñalén Mining MuseumProstrate juniper woodlands of Alustante-TordesilosLagunas y parameras del Señorío de Molina: Natura 2000 wetland plainsTrail 1 · Geotrail 1: from Ocentejo to Hundido de ArmallonesTrail 2: Senda del Castillo of Valtablado del RíoTrail 3: Rambla del Avellano (Arbeteta)Trail 4: Valle de los Milagros (Riba de Saelices)Trail 5: the chozones of La Loma (Riba de Saelices)Trail 6 (PR-GU 21): from Huertapelayo to the TagusTrail 7: the lime kilns of Villanueva de AlcorónTrail 8: El Rodenal de CorduenteTrail 9: Puntal de la Cabeza (Lebrancón)Trail 10: Salto de Poveda and Laguna de TaravillaTrail 11: Barranco del Horcajo (Peralejos)Trail 12: the Cabrillas River route (Megina)Trail 15 (SL-GU 01): the Red Rocks of ChequillaTrail 16 (PR-GU 22): La Espineda and Peña Alta (Checa)Trail 17: Laguna de la Salobreja (Orea)Trail 18: Arroyo del Enebral and San Cristóbal (Orea)Trail 19: Collado del Aire via La Campana (Checa)Geotrail 2: Valle de los Milagros – Saelices de la SalGeotrail 3: from Cobeta to Barranco del ArandillaGeotrail 4: from Puente de San Pedro to the Zaorejas ViewpointGeotrail 5: from Barranco de la Hoz to Cuevas LabradasGeotrail 6: from Villanueva de Alcorón to PeñalénGeotrail 7: Laguna de Taravilla, Salto de Poveda, and PeralejosGeotrail 8: from Checa to ChequillaGeotrail 9: the Sierra de OreaGeotrail 10: Sierra de Caldereros (Campillo de Dueñas)Geotrail 11: the Mesa River valleyGR-10 (E7) through the Alto Tajo: the Valencia to Lisbon trailGR-113, Camino Natural del Tajo, through the Alto TajoGR-160, Camino del Cid, through the Señorío de MolinaGR-168, Camino Real de Aragón, through the Sexma del CampoPR-GU 11: the ancient trail to Jaraba (Milmarcos)PR-GU 12: the Fuentelsaz Kite and the StratotypePR-GU 23: the historic mining trail of SetilesMTB route 1: the circular cycling route of Valtablado del RíoMTB route 2: the Tagus Viewpoints (Taravilla)MTB route 3: La Muela, between Taravilla and PeralejosMTB route 4: La Sierra, via Checa, Orea, and AlcorochesMTB route 5: Barranco de la Virgen de la Hoz (Gallo, Tagus, and Arandilla)Ethnographic route 1: the chozones of AblanqueEthnographic route 2: the chozones of EscaleraEthnographic route 3: the chozones of Olmeda de CobetaThe Camino de los Tratantes: from Molina de Aragón to MotosGeocycling Route of the Señorío de Molina: 283 km in 10 stages AblanqueBetetaChecaCobetaCorduenteMolina de AragónOreaPeñalenPeralejos de las TruchasTaravillaZaorejas
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