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Walk 30 Monasterio de Tentudía and Pico Tentudía

Walk 31 Forest circuit in the Sierra Tudía y Sus Faldas

Walk 32 Alto de Aguafría and the Sierra de Aguafría

Appendix A Route summary table

Appendix B Link route summary table

Appendix C Additional waymarked routes in the area

Appendix D Useful contacts

Appendix E Glossary

Waterfall in the Sierra de Gredos

Chozo (traditional shepherd’s hut) in the Sierra de Gredos (Walk 14)

INTRODUCTION

Ancient footpaths lined with yellow broom, purple lavender and white cistus lead in and out of dark pine woods that provide cool shade. High rolling pastures, bright with wildflowers, are framed by snow-capped mountains which puncture the blue sky. The white-washed, red-roofed buildings of small villages can be seen tucked into the folds of hillsides. Cows graze the lower slopes and the valley floor, their bells providing the only intermittent sound; griffon vultures circle above the peaks. There is not another person in sight.

Extremadura remains Spain’s least-known and least-visited region, but very gradually, walkers, lovers of nature’s beauty and seekers of peace are finding their way there. Many arrive not knowing quite what to expect. None leave disappointed.