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 comfortable clothing made of natural fibres

 walking poles (optional)

 water: essential year-round – at least 1L per person

 high-energy snacks: chocolate or dried fruits

Waymarking

Of the waymarking you’re likely to encounter on walks in this guide, ‘GR’ refers to Gran Recorrido, a long-distance footpath with numbered stages and white and red waymarks; ‘PR’ refers to Pequeño Recorrido, a short-distance footpath that is numbered and signed in white and yellow; and local routes are indicated by the letters ‘SL’, Sendero Local, with white and green waymarks.

Important routes may have their own fingerposts at junctions. Some routes have helpful hand-painted signs and arrows on walls or gates, while others simply have cairns – which are excellent indicators, especially on higher, wilder sierras.

In recent years there has been a huge improvement in waymarking, but many routes remain patchy or unsigned.

Signage comes in many forms in Extremadura

Maps

The maps provided in this book should be all that you need to complete each walk. However, the relevant Instituto Geográfica Nacional (IGN) map is listed in the information given at the start of the walk. Maps can be purchased directly from IGN, or from other retailers such as Stanfords. See Appendix D for contact details.