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The last stage of the Ciclosenda del Tajo (Tajo Cycle Route) runs through the Tajo International Transboundary Biosphere Reserve, so the vegetation will be considerably abundant, especially scented by rockroses. On our way we will find anthropomorphic tombs and dolmens which make up part of the area’s precious heritage. After leaving behind Cedillo, the last town of the route, a beautiful scenic road will take us to the Cedillo Reservoir Dam, where the Tagus continues its descent through Portugal and which will put an end to our adventure.
Leaving Carbajo we set off on the ninth stage of the Ciclosenda del Tajo (Tajo Cycle Route) at the foot of the Sierra de San Pedro mountain range. Along the way there are several caves with cave paintings among which El Buraco, El Borrico and El Agujero Caves stand out. In the area we will also find small dolmens whose origins date back to circa 4,000 years BC.
In Santiago de Alcántara further information can be obtained about this region abounding with particularly valuable megalithic sites in the Megalithic Monuments Interpretation Centre and stroll through its narrow streets of white houses.
To get to Herrera de Alcántara there are two options available, either by road or by the somewhat more demanding River Tajo Nature Trail. Both options cross the Rivera Aurela, where the river meanders surrounded by rugged mountains and trails on which grow holm oaks, cork oaks and rockroses which permeate the route with aroma.
Several roads will take us to Cedillo, where we can rest and enter the San Antonio Church, built in 1894. The “El Casón” Visitors’ Centre has various exhibition and educational resources, as well as containing an ethnography exhibition and a viewpoint from which you can see the village itself, the Tagus River and Portugal.
