This web site offers 42 walking routes (February 2025), updates and news but I have also written two physical books over the years, the first, in 2012, with 30 routes and the second, in 2016, with 32 routes — that's 104 routes spread out across Extremadura, in total. More will follow ...
The latest book, published in 2025, is a bit different as it is first and foremost a history book but it does have some walking routes because the only way to see many of the historical remains the book relates, is to walk to reach them. The book gives GPS points but the more complicated things to find also have directions. There are 280 historical sights listed and more could have been added but the book was already rather long ...
The history book, 'The History of Extremadura' and where to see it, and the two previous books, 'Walking in Extremadura' and 'The Sierras of Extremadura' each have their own page under the 'books' heading and updates will continue to be posted as and when they are needed. or come up.
Slideshow:
Mountain path up to the Hermitage of Our Lady of Snows, Guijo de Santa Barbara, Sierra de Gredos
Display of Celtiberian Stelae in Cáceres Museum
The Castle at Cabañas del Castillo, Las Villuercas
Storks nesting on top of the Roman Dystilo, Zalamea de la Serena
Cave Art, La Calderita, Sierra de Las Peñas Blancas
Defensive walls featuring the two towers of the Fortress of the Bejaranos, Trujillo
Venacular architecture, Garganta del Olla, La Vera
Boundry stone between Almoharín, Vldemorales and Zarza de Montánchez, Cerro San Cristobal
Cloisters, Tentudía Monastery, Pico Tentudía
Castillo del Almenara, Gata, Sierra de Gata
The latest book, published in 2025, is a bit different as it is first and foremost a history book but it does have some walking routes because the only way to see many of the historical remains the book relates, is to walk to reach them. The book gives GPS points but the more complicated things to find also have directions. There are 280 historical sights listed and more could have been added but the book was already rather long ...
The history book, 'The History of Extremadura' and where to see it, and the two previous books, 'Walking in Extremadura' and 'The Sierras of Extremadura' each have their own page under the 'books' heading and updates will continue to be posted as and when they are needed. or come up.
Slideshow:
Mountain path up to the Hermitage of Our Lady of Snows, Guijo de Santa Barbara, Sierra de Gredos
Display of Celtiberian Stelae in Cáceres Museum
The Castle at Cabañas del Castillo, Las Villuercas
Storks nesting on top of the Roman Dystilo, Zalamea de la Serena
Cave Art, La Calderita, Sierra de Las Peñas Blancas
Defensive walls featuring the two towers of the Fortress of the Bejaranos, Trujillo
Venacular architecture, Garganta del Olla, La Vera
Boundry stone between Almoharín, Vldemorales and Zarza de Montánchez, Cerro San Cristobal
Cloisters, Tentudía Monastery, Pico Tentudía
Castillo del Almenara, Gata, Sierra de Gata