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Ayub Castle: gypsum landscapes. Calatayud
The castle is at 652 metres above sea level, on a promontory of gypsum where the tough pines survive as they try to emulate the gypsum-loving vegetation that dominates in the area. The 360° panora...
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Zaida Lake, Used
A small wooden look-out point above the roadside invites us to stop and view the scenery. If we are in luck and it is a year with an even number and the rains have been generous, we’ll see a lar...
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Gallocanta Lake Complex
The Gallocanta depression is the largest lacustrine basin in the Iberian Peninsula and is formed by nearly twenty wetlands, of which Gallocanta Lake is the largest. It is an endorheic complex in which...
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Limestone escarpments at Huesa del Común
Our solitary journey has taken us to Huesa del Común, in the foothills of the Muela de Anadón in the upper valley of the River Aguasvivas, one of the most unknown and abandoned mountaino...
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Gypsums at Barrachina
Gypsum is a sedimentary rock formed by the chemical precipitation of salts dissolved in lacustrine environments with an arid climate in the Tertiary. Although it is a quite unusual rock in Europe, in ...
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Pollarded poplars, Navarrete del Río
For centuries, the inhabitants of villages in the middle of the province of Teruel have maintained a special relationship with the poplars that grow on the river banks. From these trees they obtained ...
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Look-out Points in Virgen de la Hoz Ravine, Ventosa
As travellers drive along the road that enters the Ravine of La Hoz, they soon realise that they are in one of the most emblematic landscapes on the Way of El Cid: vertical walls, sculpted in incredib...
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Armallá Salt-works, Tierzo
Although they had been in use since Antiquity, it was not until the 18th century that the Armallá Salt-works acquired their current size and shape, when labour was attracted to the area and set...
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Las Quebradas in Chequilla
When they reach Chequilla by road, some surprising forms attract the attention of travellers on the Way of El Cid and invite them to stop for a moment. They are known as ‘Las Quebradas’, a...
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Megina Look-out Point
The CM-2111 road gradually reveals, kilometre after kilometre, new landscapes in the High Tagus Natural Park. A simple look-out point signposted from the road on a bend next to Checa Pass allows trave...
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