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oak

and

corn

oak

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whi

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he c

attle

and

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NIPO: DL:

Las

Hab

azas

to

La B

azag

ona

[Các

eres

]

PAST

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OF

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AN

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1. The

Monfragüe

Nature

Trail leaves

from

the area

known as Las H

abazas, next to the EX-208 road cros-sing and the M

adrid-Valencia de Alcántara railw

ay, at less than 2 km

from the M

onfragüe train station and som

e 13 km from

Plasencia and 8 km from

Malpartida

de Plasencia, passing entirely through the lands of this latter m

unicipality.

2. The trail, w

hich is entirely on firm asphalt, does not take

long, after crossing a trail which leads to the CC-183

road, in entering an oak pasture, although it is not very dense on the sides of the trail. Likew

ise, the trail does not take long to find w

hat will constantly accom

pany it: the new

Valencia de Alcántara railw

ay line. In the sec-tions in w

hich the slopes on the side of the trail may be

dangerous, wooden fences have been placed to prevent

people from falling.

3. M

omentarily m

oving away from

the railway line, the

trail curves round, passing over the Tamujosa creek on

the first of four wooden w

alkways built along the route.

When m

oving away from

the railway line, the trees in-

crease and this, together with the creek, m

akes it easier to see the cattle that graze on these pastures.

4. A

fter a kilometre and a half, the railw

ay track is neared again and is crossed via a concrete bridge. The railw

ay track is then m

oved away from

again for another kilome-

tre until arriving at a new w

alkway that runs along on of

the arms of the C

alzones creek. The following w

alkway

is almost im

mediately reached, and it acts as a crossing

over a trail which leads to M

alpartida de Plasencia. At this point you can see rem

ains of the old railway uses of

this track; in the shape of a building in ruins and old woo-

den sleepers that lay to one side of the trail.

5. The trail stays parallel to the railw

ay track for more than

7 km, during w

hich only a few m

etres separate the old track from

the new one. At this point, the trail crosses

the track once again via a concrete bridge. Furthermore,

during this section, the landscape of oak pastures chan-ges to corn oaks, w

hich are not only used in farming,

but they are also used in the cork industry, as you can tell by the harvested tree trunks.

6. After crossing the last concrete bridge, the trail moves de-

finitively from the railw

ay track until the end of the route. The route passes along a w

ide curve, first among som

e m

ore cork oaks, and then among oaks again, and Iberian

swine replaces the cattle as the m

ost abundant livestock. The last w

alkway, over the H

aza creek, indicates that there is barely a kilom

etre and a half until the end of the trail.

7. D

uring this last kilometre, the last gatehouse in ruins

is left to the right. This was probably also used for the

railway and it is located next to an irrigation pool. The

final point of this route is reached just below an asphalt

path that connects the different livestock estates in the area. Said path allow

s you to access the Haza de

la Concepción m

ansion (2.4 km aw

ay), as well as the

EX-108 road, via which, after crossing the Tiétar river,

you can reach the Bazagona neighbourhood (3.5 km

away, belonging to M

alpartida de Plasencia) and the stop w

ith the same nam

e (4.5 km aw

ay).

NATU

RE TRAIL

MO

NFR

AG

ÜE G

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WA

Y

Harvested cork oak

La Haza brook from

the walkw

ay over itW

alkway over C

alzones brook

MO

NFR

AG

ÜE N

ATIO

NA

L PAR

K A

ND

BIO

SPH

E-R

E RESER

VE

This National Park is located in the north east of the

province of Cáceres, w

ith the Tajo river being its main

axis. It has a more or less rectangular shape, w

ith a south east/ north east orientation, w

ith mountain ran-

ges to the north and the river to the south determi-

ning its borders.

This space has been protected since 1979 when it w

as declared as a N

atural Park with Royal D

ecree 1927/1979 of 4 April. Later, the area w

as also named as a Special

Protection Area for Wild Birds (1991 and expanded in

2004) pursuant to the Birds Directive 79/409/EEC, a Site

of Comm

unity Importance follow

ing the Habitats D

irec-tive 92/43/EEC and a Biosphere Reserve by U

NESCO

in 2003, including the park and its surroundings. Last of all, in 2007, by m

eans of Act 1/2007 of 3 March, it w

as decla-red as a N

ational Park.

Monfragüe is considered as one of the largest and m

ost re-presentative sites of M

editerranean forests and scrubland. It has been highly conserved, treasuring a w

ealth of flora and fauna, despite the fact that throughout its history, hum

an intervention in this space has not been scarce.

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93 th

e M

inis

try

for A

gric

ultu

re, F

ishe

ries

and

Food

’s N

atur

e Tr

ails

Pro

gram

aim

s to

res

tore

for

mer

tra

nspo

rt

infr

astr

uctu

res

such

as

railw

ay tr

acks

, cat

tle tr

ails

and

trad

i-tio

nal r

oute

s, fo

r pub

lic u

se a

nd e

njoy

men

t.

Thes

e ro

utes

take

us

to th

e co

untr

ysid

e to

dis

cove

r the

bio

-di

vers

ity a

nd b

eaut

y of

our

pre

ciou

s na

tura

l her

itage

, and

di

scov

er t

he v

illag

es, s

ight

s, tr

aditi

ons

and

peop

le t

hat

are

part

of t

he u

niqu

e cu

ltura

l lan

dsca

pe o

f our

cou

ntry

.

We

invi

te y

ou to

vis

it th

em a

nd o

ffer y

ou th

e ke

ys to

enj

oy

the

trip

. In

this

bro

chur

e yo

u w

ill fi

nd a

brie

f des

crip

tion

of

the

Mon

frag

üe G

reen

way

Nat

ure

Trai

l and

the

map

for t

he

jour

ney,

alon

g w

ith re

com

men

datio

ns to

mak

e th

e m

ost o

f th

is e

xper

ienc

e. W

e on

ly a

sk o

ne t

hing

of

you:

do

not

for-

get t

o le

ave

ever

ythi

ng a

s yo

u fo

und

it. T

he c

onse

rvat

ion

of

thes

e pa

thw

ays

is a

lso

your

resp

onsi

bilit

y.

SEC

TOR

PEN

INSU

LAR

CEN

TER

Gui

de t

o th

eNa

ture

Tr

ails

of S

pain

Starting point

End of trail

Walkway

TownInformative panel

Bridge

NATURE TRAILMONFRAGÜE

GREENWAY

Huso 30

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ino

Nat

ural

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Raster nacional 1:200.000. UTM ETRS89 Huso 30

Camino Natural Vía Verde de Monfragüe

0 2 4 6 8Km

Camino Natural del Tajo

1

3

4

2

200

1000 21 54 63 87 9 10 1211 13 15 1614 17 17,6(m) (Km)

300

400

500

600

town point of interest

Walkway

Walkway

Walkway

Bridge overrailway

Bridge overrailway

MIDE

Upward gradient

Downward gradient

ROUTE LENGHT

TIME

Harshness of natural environment

Guidance along the route

Route difficulty

Amount of effort needed

2113

39 m200 m

17,6 km3 h 45 min

La BazagonaLas Habazas

Borough

5 67

Hermitage

Church

Feature of environmental interest

Monument

National Park

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