Quintanilla del Rebollar – Nature Trails, Gorges and Cultural Heritage

Ojo Guareña Natural Area

Quintanilla del Rebollar is one of the 23 settlements within the Ojo Guareña Natural Monument. In the wider regional area around Quintanilla del Rebollar lies the Ojo Guareña karst complex, which extends for more than 100 kilometres and is one of the most extensive cave systems on the Iberian Peninsula. The Casa del Parque de Ojo Guareña is a visitor reception centre in Quintanilla del Rebollar.

Trails, Viewpoints and Gorges

The linear Sendero de Sotoscueva hiking trail begins at the Casa del Parque in Quintanilla del Rebollar. PRC-BU-37 El Hayal de Quintanilla is a circular route that begins and ends at the Casa del Parque in Quintanilla del Rebollar. PRC-BU-38 Caminos de la Sonsierra is a 17.12-kilometre circular route that can begin at the Casa del Parque in Quintanilla del Rebollar. The viewpoint at the Casa del Parque de Ojo Guareña is equipped with binoculars and information panels that make it possible to identify significant landscape features. The Sendero de Sotoscueva also provides access on foot to the Cueva-ermita de San Bernabé. PRC-BU-37 El Hayal de Quintanilla passes close to the Refugio del Pico del Ángel. PRC-BU-40 Entre desfiladeros passes through two gorges carved into the limestone by water from the Montes del Somo. Taken together, these comprise one linear trail, two circular routes and a gorge route. The 17.12 kilometres of PRC-BU-38 give one of the circular routes an explicitly stated length, while the viewpoint makes the landscape accessible through binoculars and information panels. Thus, the trails described differ not only in their form, but also in their viewpoints, gorges, a refuge and access to a cave chapel.

Arboretum and Landscape

The botanical route through the Vivero Forestal de Quintanilla del Rebollar showcases the diversity of the species produced there throughout its history. The development of the site can be linked to a specific date: the Vivero Forestal de Quintanilla del Rebollar became an arboretum in 1992. Roblón de Ulemas is listed near Quintanilla del Rebollar as tree number 52. Thus, the connection with nature extends from a botanical route and historically produced species to a single individually numbered tree.

Culture and Local Life

The Iglesia de San Clemente Papa y Mártir is a Renaissance church with a nave, a side chapel, stone arches, Encamonada-style vaults and a moulded roof overhang. The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rebollar originally had a single-nave layout. The two churches therefore represent different architectural descriptions: Renaissance elements and several furnishing details are recorded for San Clemente, while the original form of the nave is recorded for Nuestra Señora del Rebollar. On Plaza Mediavilla, the traditional Fuente-Abrevadero-Lavadero de Quintanilla del Rebollar hydraulic complex combines a drinking-water fountain, a livestock trough and a washing area. In Quintanilla del Rebollar, children regularly play Bolos in summer.

For the overarching travel overview: Quisicedo.