Zarza de Granadilla – History, Nature and Trails

The Vía de la Plata passes through Las Vegas, El Sotillo and the dehesa del Retiro del Lindón in Zarza de Granadilla. The MTB Route 8, Vía de la Plata, also passes through Zarza de Granadilla. A 21-kilometre route begins in the Roman town of Cáparra, passes through Zarza de Granadilla and ends in La Granja.

For your planning, you can compare the different route lengths as separate sections of the trail. Historical sites, nature-related topics and the Iberian lynx can each be organised as a separate focus, without prescribing a fixed order.

Culture

In Zarza de Granadilla, you will find the 16th-century Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción and the 18th-century Ermita del Cristo de la Misericordia. The town also has an exhibition hall, which is run by the Proyecto M cultural group. Proyecto M’s ethnographic museum displays objects from the town’s traditional way of life.

Proyecto M aims to promote the art, literature and traditions of the comarca in the rest of the region and throughout Spain. If you would like to discover history not only through individual buildings but through several different forms, the church, hermitage, exhibition hall, museum and Granadilla can be viewed as separate thematic points. Architecture, everyday culture, organised cultural work and the historic town layout each offer a different perspective.

History and Places to Visit

Granadilla was designated a Conjunto Histórico in 1980. Since this designation, Granadilla has been carefully restored and preserved. Pueblo de Granadilla can be reached from Zarza de Granadilla via the local CC-218 road and then along an approximately 6-kilometre-long paved road.

In nearby Granadilla, you can walk along almost the entire medieval town wall and climb up to the castle to see the town and the reservoir.

Nature

The Montes de Granadilla combine pine forests with stands of holm oaks and cork oaks around the reservoir. The area has remarkable mycological diversity. The area around the reservoir in the Montes de Granadilla is home to a large number of birds.

The Centro de Sensibilización del Lince is dedicated to providing information and raising awareness about the protection of the Iberian lynx. A camera system is used to monitor the lives of the lynxes at the Centro de Cría en Cautividad de Granadilla. The Centro de Sensibilización del Lince is also a tourist information office.

When booking a holiday apartment in Zarza de Granadilla, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation policies; these details support your personal travel planning alongside the historical and landscape-related topics, without equating the different information about places to visit and routes.

Other Places

Cadalso, Torremenga, Miajadas, Herguijuela, Arroyomolinos, Losar De La Vera, Puerto De Santa Cruz, Acebo

For the higher-level travel overview: Cáceres.