Views to the north from the Risco de la Villuerca.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nA geopark or geological park is a territory that presents a remarkable geological heritage and carries out a development project based on its tourist promotion. The Unesco Global Geopark Villuercas - Ibores - Jara more than meets these requirements. It is a mountain massif located in the southeast of the province of C\u00e1ceres, within the so-called Montes de Toledo, with its highest point at Risco de la Villuerca (1,601m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The summit of the Risco de la Villuerca is an unbeatable place for the interpretation of this mountain system surrounded by ancient peneplains and made up of a series of mountain ranges and valleys aligned in a parallel northwest-southeast direction. The boxing in of the current fluvial network has configured the main geomorphological characteristic of the region, the so-called Appalachian relief, by analogy with the Appalachian Mountains of North America, and which here in Europe has its greatest example in the Villuercas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having made the introductions, we recommend that you visit one of the geopark's information centres. Here you can get advice on routes, events and brochures with detailed information on how to visit the 50 geosites catalogued by the Geopark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The official website of the Geopark has drawn up a list of \"top 10 geosites\" made up of: the Risco de la Villuerca, the Castillo de Caba\u00f1as and the Santa Luc\u00eda Syncline, the Pe\u00f1a Amarilla Strait, the Casta\u00f1ar de Ibor Cave, the Pedroso Gorge, the Ruecas Gorge, the Chorrera and the Calabazas Chestnut Trees, the Cancho de las Sabanas, the Risco Carbonero and the Costanaza Mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, don't miss the opportunity to visit the Royal Monastery of Guadalupe or take a stroll through the chestnut and oak forests around the town of Casta\u00f1ar de Ib\u00f3r, especially in autumn. If you are a cycling enthusiast, the climb to the Risco de la Villuerca is a tough one, and you will probably remember it from the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a 2021.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The southwest of the Iberian Peninsula treasures a geography that hides incredible places, natural wonders, many of which have yet to be discovered by the general public.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2930],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-31055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-espana"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/villuercas.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Caratula-Podcast-Maldita-Montana_1500x1500_72pp-p_.jpg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/maldita-montana","embedCode":"
5 destinos naturales en el suroeste peninsular<\/a><\/blockquote>