Welcome to Walking Extremadura — the web site all about walking in Extremadura
I started this web site in the Summer of 2007. It was just after I came to live in the Sierra de Montánchez and realised there were unexplored walking opportunities available in the area. I wanted to share what I was discovering, firstly with family and friends and later, with the much wider, and international, walking community. Walking Extremadura will show you the beauty of walking in this area - and not just walking. This is also the place for painters, flower lovers, bird watchers, photographers, animal lovers and people who love history. That’s before we start on about lovers of good food and relaxed and enjoyable company. You will find all that and more in Extremadura.
On walkingextremadura.com you will find:
To navigate this site use the horizontal menu bar at the top. All the walks can be found listed under the 'walks' button, then the area in which they are located geographically. It's logical, I hope. The site has been made simple so that all of us spend less time on the computer and more time walking.
I have my boots on, ready, as I write.
Gisela Radant Wood
All photography and text on this site © Gisela Radant Wood
(Click on small photos to get a whole-screen view, then close by clicking the x in the top right corner.)
All maps are by Google
On walkingextremadura.com you will find:
- regularly written up walks and routes with descriptive text, maps and GPS points to locate walks accurately
- a few historical notes on the routes and general information on walking in Extremadura
- a lot of photography to tempt you here
- how to get here and where to stay
- links, changing pages and updates
To navigate this site use the horizontal menu bar at the top. All the walks can be found listed under the 'walks' button, then the area in which they are located geographically. It's logical, I hope. The site has been made simple so that all of us spend less time on the computer and more time walking.
I have my boots on, ready, as I write.
Gisela Radant Wood
All photography and text on this site © Gisela Radant Wood
(Click on small photos to get a whole-screen view, then close by clicking the x in the top right corner.)
All maps are by Google
Walking News and Updates • 28th May 2023
Rain! Lovely, delicious rain this week — but not nearly enough for the farmer's liking. The countryside has responded almost immediately and looks refreshed and washed. The temperatures are lower than a few weeks ago and I am, once again, wearing socks and a jumper; really odd for the end of May. It's good walking weather, though and I love it.
Last week I explored the extreme west of Extremadura, hard up against the Portuguese border and I did a lovely little walk that encompasses four dolmens. These are ancient burial chambers, made of huge granite slabs, built between 6,000BC and 2,000BC but some were used up until the Bronze Age. I have posted the walk for all to enjoy.
Slideshow:
Near Los Pilones, Parque Natural Garganta de los Infiernos, Jerte Valley
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker outside Almoharín, Sierra de Montánchez
Lavender in wild olive grove with Cancho Blanco in the background, Sierra de Montánchez
Below the Collado de las Losas on the way to Puente Nuevo, Parque Natural Garganta de los Infiernos, Jerte Valley
Fritillary butterfly on thistles near the Castle of Amenara, Sierra de Gata
On the Camino del Payo between Villamiel and Payo, Sierra de Gata
View of the Sierra de Bejar from the track between Gargantilla and Hervás
On the annual invitation walk "La Ruta de los Garbanzos' hosted by the Almoharín Walking Group, Sierra de Montánchez
Cascades Nogaleas, Navaconcejo, Montes de Tras la Sierra
Griffon Vultures on the walk up to the castle, Monfragüe National Park
Last week I explored the extreme west of Extremadura, hard up against the Portuguese border and I did a lovely little walk that encompasses four dolmens. These are ancient burial chambers, made of huge granite slabs, built between 6,000BC and 2,000BC but some were used up until the Bronze Age. I have posted the walk for all to enjoy.
Slideshow:
Near Los Pilones, Parque Natural Garganta de los Infiernos, Jerte Valley
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker outside Almoharín, Sierra de Montánchez
Lavender in wild olive grove with Cancho Blanco in the background, Sierra de Montánchez
Below the Collado de las Losas on the way to Puente Nuevo, Parque Natural Garganta de los Infiernos, Jerte Valley
Fritillary butterfly on thistles near the Castle of Amenara, Sierra de Gata
On the Camino del Payo between Villamiel and Payo, Sierra de Gata
View of the Sierra de Bejar from the track between Gargantilla and Hervás
On the annual invitation walk "La Ruta de los Garbanzos' hosted by the Almoharín Walking Group, Sierra de Montánchez
Cascades Nogaleas, Navaconcejo, Montes de Tras la Sierra
Griffon Vultures on the walk up to the castle, Monfragüe National Park
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We are not on FaceBook or Twitter (I'd rather be walking) but if you want to keep up with the news just put us into 'favourites' and visit every so often.
We are not on FaceBook or Twitter (I'd rather be walking) but if you want to keep up with the news just put us into 'favourites' and visit every so often.