national park of montfrague

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NATIONAL PARK OF MONTFRAGÜE

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Monfrague's National Park is a privileged example of forest and Mediterranean bushes, widespread environment to the deep valleys that the rivers Tagus and Tiétar worked to his step along the lands of the center of the province. Plasencia's monumental cities and Trujillo places in the surroundings of cardinal Caceres, very near also. The access to the park can be realized comfortably from the highways of Route of La Plata (A66) and of Estremadura or Madrid - Lisbon (A5). In Villareal de San Carlos, where one finds the Center of Visitors' Receipt, two Interactive Centers can be visited designed to know in one, The flora and Montfragüe's wildlife and in other one the meaning of the Water in the park. Serradilla, Bullpen and Torrejón Blond are other peoples that surround this zone protected. In these towns and surrounding the June there Paradorde ta de Extremadura and numerous cottages.



Turn of the Tietar river

From the tops of the peaks that mark Montfragüe, you can view the rugged terrain of the territory crossed by the rivers Tagus and Tietê, which bind more or less seasonal streams that in turn run through the most remote corners of this unique National Park . The maximum altitude is reached in the Pico Montfragüe 513 meters above sea level. But there are points or elevations unique gift, because from their summits the views are breathtaking. One of them corresponds to the Hill Gimio (373 m) is reached after an hour's climb up the Green Road, surpassing the bucolic valley primramente Valdivieso creek.






View from the summit of Cerro
The remains of the Arab fortress Montfrague are on a steep hill near the hermitage of the Virgin Montfrague protects. A platform serves as a useful and safe support to the camera and equipment of the tourists, naturalists and biologists who come in large numbers to the park with the sole objective of discovering and photographed the abundant and rich avifuana the park. The entry is through two routes: the shorter and less difficult from the variant of the road coming from Torrejón el Rubio. Another, slightly longer part of the Source of French and before an hour away menosde elapses between a rich vegetation of shady.






Panoramic viewpoint des Montfrague castle
The backbone of the park consists of high alignment quartzite ones that give a rustic, great, enhanced by an abundant fauna unique in quality and variety. In this environment where more than 200 species of animals from zoological importance, highlighting among them, the imperial eagle, black and griffon vultures, black stork, and the Iberian lynx. They join the peregrine falcon, the eagle and the Bonelli's eagle owl. In coastal areas the otter board, it is easy to find the Cormorant, Nightingale and Kingfisher. As for mammals, is to highlight the presence foxes, badgers, mongooses and Iberian lynx. Likewise Aañadiendo game species such as wild boar, roe deer, and others.

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Map of the Park. TO ENLARGE	http://reddeparquesnacionales.mma.es/parques/monfrague/index.htm	To get to the National Park CLIK HERE
Villarreal de San Carlos is the only existing population within the boundaries of the National Paque and join it stands Tourism Office and Visitor Center, as well as the official site itself. Open every day of the year except Christmas day. Hours: 9:30 to 18:00 pm (winter) and 9:30 to 19:30 pm (summer). Phone: 927 199 134 and 927 199 134.

Photographs of Ignacio García Hermosell and Antonio García Candelas
Antonio García Candelas Suggestions and impressions

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