San Martín del Pimpollar: Nature, Culture and Hiking Trails

San Martín del Pimpollar is one of the municipalities in the Sierra de Gredos Regional Park. The Sierra de Gredos is a landscape shaped by the erosion of past ice ages, with lagoons, cirques, gorges, ridges, rocky cliffs, Galayos and moraine deposits. Anyone wishing to mentally organise the surrounding area can distinguish between individual elevations, large-scale landforms and specific trails.

When looking for a holiday apartment in San Martín del Pimpollar, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation policies side by side on the listing pages. The three fields can be compared independently and linked to your personal travel plans, while nature, culture and outdoor activities offer different perspectives.

Those who combine several interests in one trip can read the information in their own order: first the landscape and elevations, then the buildings and traditions, and finally the specific route.

Nature and Landscape

Four named elevations lie in the surroundings of San Martín del Pimpollar: Peña Aguda is a peak, Cerro de las Cabezas is a mountain, Cerro del Santo is a peak and La Serrota is a mountain. You can treat the different names and classifications as separate points of reference.

The Cielos Oscuros observatories include an observation platform and a car park. In the wider regional surroundings of San Martín del Pimpollar, the Plataforma de Gredos is a park. For your own planning, the distinction between the surroundings and the wider regional area remains clear.

Culture and History

The Iglesia de San Martín Obispo was built at the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century.

The church has a single-part apse, a transept and a three-nave layout; the apse and transept are covered with Baroque vaults and domes.

Traditional houses in San Martín del Pimpollar include covered portalillos at the entrance, formed by side walls. Next to the potro de herrar stands a restored Chozo used by shepherds.

In the wider regional surroundings of San Martín del Pimpollar are Castillo de Manqueospese, a castle, Castro Vetón de Ulaca, a ruin site, and Santuario de Nuestra Senora de Chilla, a monastery.

There are outlets for traditional food in the surroundings of San Martín del Pimpollar where travellers can eat and rest.

Hiking

The Sendero de Las Chorreras de San Martín del Pimpollar begins in San Martín del Pimpollar. The Sendero de Las Chorreras crosses the Río Bohorno or, alternatively, the Arroyo de las Canales at the Puente de la Cacera. You can consider the information about the starting point and crossing separately when planning your own route. Different trail names and the named crossing allow for precise identification during preparation.

Other places at the same level: Higuera De Las Dueñas, Muñana, Horcajo De La Ribera, Martínez, Mombeltrón, Muñogalindo, El Fresno and Hoyocasero.

For the higher-level travel overview: Avila.