
Samarucs Hiking .
In our section of the club, we bring together those seeking out the natural world with our favourite sport, principally hiking.
Get to know our spectacular community, discover its untouched corners and old, Moorish roads, re-tread forgotten and lost routes between historic villages, scale summits with amazing views or just discover off the beaten track spots.
Alto Tajo Natural Park

28.04.12
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I propose a series of several trips into the Alto Tajo Natural Park. The trips are short and easy, but we’ll try and do more than one each day to cover as much of the area as possible and get to know the area in more depth, not only the park, but also the surrounding areas such as the Hoz de Beteta, declared a natural monument.
The Alto Tajo Natural Park is of exceptional importance to the conservation of biodiversity. It has an extensive system of canyons and river gorges (considered to be one of the best in Europe), which is today surely one of the most beautiful areas of the Iberian Peninsula. It houses a great diversity of living landscapes and enjoys an excellent state of conservation.
Dates: from April 28th to May 1st.
Meeting place: April 28 Quart Towers
Meeting Time: 8am
The excursion:
Driving from Valencia to Barcelona, take the Sagunto exit joining the A-23 (the highway to Mozarabic) going towards Teruel-Zaragoza. Take the exit at Monreal del Campo, then move onto the N-211 until you reach Molina de Aragón and turn left onto the CM-210 to Poveda de la Sierra.
The Alto Tajo hostel is opposite the petrol station in town.
Estimated journey time: 3h 30min
Excursions planned
(The routes are approximate)
“The Poveda Jump” and Lake Taravilla
Walking distance: 13Km
Elevation 200m
Level: Easy
The walk shows off the heart of the Park, one of the most beautiful spots on the Alto Tajo. This excursion takes in the Taravilla Lagoon, surrounded by limestone outcrops, the “The Poveda Jump" where the Tajo is at its bravest, the water gushing into a jump of about 15 m.
route: http://es.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=1400692
Hoz de Beteta
Walking distance: 11Km
Elevation 300 m
Level: Easy
Declared a natural monument, the Hoz de Beteta is one of the most spectacular and beautiful river canyons on the Serrania de Cuenca. It is occupied and followed along its whole length by the river Guadiela, which has excavated this deep, narrow slit in the limestone, through which the river runs its length of six kilometres (between vertical cliffs over 80 meters high)
Water, sculptor of the landscape
Walking distance: 9.5 miles
Elevation 230mts
Level: Easy
This route allows us to better understand some of the very unique geological features that are representative of the Natural Park: the Tajo Canyon and the tuffs of the Bridge of San Pedro and La Escaleruela.
Route: http://es.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=2124971
Barranco del Horcajo
Walking distance: 6.630 km
Elevation 522mts
Level: Easy
An interesting walk through a narrow canyon carved out of the limestone, in which are
numerous botanical treasures more typical of northern latitudes, due to special moisture
conditions. This route is suitable for trekkers only.
Route: http://es.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=1340565
Enchanted city of Hoya del Espino
Walking: 3km
Elevation 20m
Level: Easy
This visit will include some very well conserved natural spaces, such as caves and enchanted cities hidden amongst the pines...
Route: http://es.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=1494507
Posted on Saturday, April 28th 2012
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