Almoharín: Figs, Architectural History and the Way to Guadalupe

In Almoharín, visitors can visit the Pastovelia Centre for the interpretation of Torta del Casar. The guided tour of this centre ends in a tasting room. The Pastovelia Centre presents the traditional way of life of shepherds and their families, as well as artisanal cheese production.

Cuisine

Almoharín is known for fig cultivation. Figs harvested in Almoharín are used to make fig chocolates. Together with the cheese interpretation, this creates a culinary theme area that brings together local products and traditional working methods.

This means that both the processing of regional products and the presentation of traditional craftsmanship are central to the town. Visiting the centre and trying the fig chocolates represent different forms of local cuisine: one as a guided interpretation with a tasting, the other as a product made from the local harvest.

Culture and History

The Parroquia del Salvador was declared a historic-artistic monument in 1978. It combines different artistic styles in masonry and granite blocks and consists of three naves. The Torre de la Villa consists of three sections and a dome.

The Torre de la Villa was built in several construction phases from the 15th to the 18th century. It initially served as a defensive tower and was later used as a bell tower. Another historical site is the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Sopetrán. It is the sanctuary of Almoharín’s patron saint and lies 7 km from the town centre. Construction of the Ermita was commissioned by the Order of Santiago in the second half of the 15th century. It has a gilded high altarpiece from the 18th century. One of the Romerías celebrated at the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Sopetrán is Lunes de Pascua.

The three buildings represent different historical and architectural layers: the parish church combines masonry, granite blocks and three naves, while the Torre de la Villa reveals its development from a defensive tower into a bell tower. The Ermita adds a sacred site outside the town centre to this historical overview, as well as the tradition of the Romerías.

Routes and Landscape

The Río Búrdalo borders Almoharín and is a direct tributary of the Guadiana. Almoharín is surrounded by a natural landscape. The Roman bridges of Almoharín can be explored on foot. The Camino Visigodo to Guadalupe passes through Almoharín. It is considered a route that can be walked in six stages.

The route connections therefore range from individual historic buildings to a multi-stage link to Guadalupe. The Roman bridges represent a local exploration on foot, while the Camino Visigodo, with its six stages, establishes a different temporal and spatial framework. The Río Búrdalo and the surrounding natural landscape provide the broader setting for these impressions.

In Almoharín, culinary interpretation, church and tower architecture, pilgrimage, bridges and a multi-stage route can be viewed as distinct areas of interest. Visitors can therefore explore the town according to their preferred balance of history, regional products, landscape and routes.

Other Places

Navalmoral de la Mata, Valverde De La Vera, Sierra De Fuentes, Erías, Serradilla, Cadalso, Malpartida De Cáceres, Belvís De Monroy

For the higher-level travel overview: Cáceres.