Destinations

Cáceres's northwest corner on the Portuguese border, where three villages speak a language of their own.

Premier birdwatching wilderness offering a rare look at protected vultures and eagles in flight

The village below the monastery of Yuste, with water channels, flowered balconies and good restaurants.

Paprika, chestnut groves and cold mountain streams under the Gredos range.

Terraced valleys and slate villages in the mountains north of Extremadura, cut off for centuries.

A horseshoe bend of the Alagón seen from the road, and the view that made Las Hurdes known.

Parallel ridges in eastern Cáceres where the geology is the sight, and a monastery town at the edge.

The oldest village in Las Hurdes, at the head of a valley where the road turns toward Salamanca.

A waterfall and swimming pool on the river Hurdano, twenty minutes on foot from the road.

The practical base for La Vera, built around a castle a Habsburg emperor stayed in.

A granite and whitewash village where they still speak A Fala, a language of their own.

A serene, superbly preserved medieval walled city, with comparatively few visitors.

A treasure trove of antiquity featuring the best-preserved Roman theater and bridge in Spain

Spain's foremost Roman archaeological site, centered on a great theatre and its surrounding ruins.

A fleeting, spectacular mountain event where millions of cherry trees bloom to blanket the valley in white

Spiritually significant monastery featuring ornate Mudejar cloisters and a rich colonial history

Granite rock pools in the Jerte valley, scooped out by the river and ice-cold in July.

The sierra's working town, with a plaza, a market and none of the fuss of its neighbours.

A UNESCO geopark of folded ridges: mountains you can read like a diagram.

A dramatic, uncrowded town featuring an imposing castle and the storied birthplace of the conquistadors

Quiet monastic retreat where Holy Roman Emperor Charles V chose to spend his final days

A working village at the foot of the Villuercas ridges, with the geopark centre nearby.

A ruined castle stranded on a rock above a hamlet of a few houses.