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Keep right along the main track (ignoring a sign left for Palomar de la Breña) which you’ll now follow without bifurcating for a little over 2km. At first you follow a line of pylons but these soon angle away to the left. Reaching a junction by an information board marked El Pinar de Pinos Piñoneros (2hr 20min) turn right away from the main track. Passing a line of animal pens the track runs on through the pines before crossing a cattle grid then reaching the A2233.

Stone pine forest (Pinus pinea) in La Breña

Stone pines (Pinus pinea) have been cultivated for their edible pine nuts for at least 6000 years and have been extensively used as ornamental trees in gardens and parks since being popularised at the time of the Italian Renaissance. The trees of La Breña were planted in the 19th century as a means of fixing the coastal dune system which suffered constant transformation due to the fierce levante winds.

Cross the road, climb through a stile, then cut left along a broad sandy track parallel to the road. After 300m the track angles hard right. After 50m you reach a junction. To shorten the walk by a kilometre head straight ahead for 70m then angle right along a broad path. Follow marker posts through the forest past two signboards marked Nos Miran and Aromas del Bosque to the Torre del Tajo. If you wish to walk a longer section of the cliff path turn left and continue parallel to the A2233.