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From Cañaveral to Garrovillas de Alconétar passing by the Alcántara Reservoir and its Roman remains emerging from the waters. This is what awaits us in this sixth stage of the Ciclosenda del Tajo (Tajo Cycle Route), which runs along paths shared with the Camino de la Plata or Silver Route and ends at one of the largest squares in Spain.
We leave behind Cañaveral and its San Benito Bridge, used in the Middle Ages by pilgrims heading to Santiago de Compostela, to cycle along a trail which is part of the Vía de la Plata or Silver Route, where semi-bare fields of Mediterranean vegetation hide hares, partridges and foxes.
Leaving the route, about 12 kilometres north of Cañaveral, we can see the Palancar Convent, founded by San Pedro de Alcántara.
Returning to our cycle tour path, the vegetation increases as we reach another of the reservoirs of the River Tajo Nature Trail, that of Alcántara, included in the Natura 2000 Network as Zona de Especial Protección para las Aves, ZEPA (Special Protection Areas for Birds, SPA). The route will leave us with magnificent views of the Tagus River on one side and the reservoir on the other.
Heading south around the reservoir, the stage continues between striking rock formations and wooded areas before reaching the Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square), in Garrovillas de Alconétar. Recognised as a Historic-Artistic Monument of National Interest, it is one of the largest squares in Spain. From the same century is the San Pedro Apóstol Church, another interesting visit which will be concluded with the Palace of the Condes de Alba de Liste (converted into a guesthouse in 1990), the Convent of the Hieronymite Nuns, the ruins of the San Antonio de Padua Convent or the Santa María de la Consolación Church.
