Bernardos: Dolmen, Cromlech and Rock Art

A fortified settlement stood on the Cerro de la Virgen del Castillo and was inhabited from the 5th to the 11th century.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Bernardos, you can compare travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions on the respective offer pages. These three details help you compare different options based on your own plans. When planning your own activities around the dolmen, cromlech, rock art and the Ruta al Cortado de Toba, these details can provide different points of comparison: they concern the period, the accommodation and the arrangements in the event of a change of plans.

History and Culture

The Dolmen de Santa Inés has the layout of a corridor tomb and is covered by a mound of stone and earth 30 metres in diameter.

When viewing such a monument, you can first consider its form and then the materials used.

The Cromlech de Cantos Blancos lies 1 kilometre as the crow flies from the Dolmen de Santa Inés in a west–east direction, on the edge of the Eresma Valley where it meets the Santa Inés stream, with the Peñalara summit in the background.

At the Cromlech de Cantos Blancos, large quartz menhirs form lines, circular enclosures and oval layouts that were built between the 5th and 3rd millennia BC within Neolithic societies.

Those who enjoy comparing spatial details, architectural forms and chronological classifications can consider the remains from several factual perspectives.

The rock engravings of Valverde el Seco depict a medieval hunting scene with riders and pedestrians, dogs and two deer.

With pictorial representations, attention can be divided among the figures, animals and the action depicted.

The Ermita de San Roque serves as an interpretation centre and visitor reception point.

The Ermita de San Roque displays tools and a loom used for processing wool.

When selecting cultural areas of focus, you can assess monuments, visual motifs and craft tools separately.

The Ruta al Cortado de Toba offers an outdoor experience in which visitors can explore Palaeolithic reliefs on rock cliffs.

At Los Corrales de La Frailona, rock cliffs with Palaeolithic engravings are located along the Ruta al Cortado de Toba.

Amid pine trees, the Ruta al Cortado de Toba reaches the Cortado de Toba.

It also leads to the old La Teja spring.

When planning your own visit, you can consider trails and cultural sites separately according to your preferred focus.

Depending on your interests, architectural forms, representations, crafts, landscape and recurring festivals can be given different weightings.

Further places: Castroserracín, Chañe, Fuentepelayo, Sauquillo de Cabezas, Tanarro, Cozuelos de Fuentidueña, Torre Val De San Pedro, Lastras del Pozo

Festivals

The patron saint festivals of Bernardos take place on the last weekend of August whose following Wednesday still falls in the same month.

Every ten years, in years ending in zero, the Subida de la Virgen to the Ermita del Castillo is celebrated.

To the overarching travel overview: Segovia.