Cabañeros National Park
Mediterranean forest, open raña plains and quartzite ridges in the Montes de Toledo
The park pairs the open raña plains, where deer herds roam, with rugged quartzite mountains of holm oak and cork oak forest. It holds one of the world's largest colonies of black vultures, with over 200 breeding pairs, and Ordovician fossil sites.
Things to do
- On footWalk the 6.5 km Ruta del Boquerón del Estena beside the Estena river
- WildlifeWatch white storks, deer and cranes from the Stork Observatory (Observatorio De Las Cigüeñas)
- Try thisFollow the accessible botanical boardwalk along the Bullaque riverbed at the Abraham tower
- HeritageLook over the plain from the observatory at the Casa Palillos Visitors Centre
Also worth seeing
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Casa Palillos Visitors Centre
Exhibition, botanical and ethnographic paths, and an observatory over the plain. - 3
Stork Observatory
Wooden viewpoint over a large white stork colony in oak and holm oak.