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Los Barruecos Park
Santa Ana 8
Cáceres
Extremadura
Spain
92 727 67 82
Type: Park
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Cáceres
Extremadura
Spain
92 727 67 82
Type: Park
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Los Barruecos Park is comprised of a string of reservoirs tied together and banked by domos, large piles of granite boulders that have been smoothed into every imaginable geometrical shape by erosion. It is easy enough to follow the trails through them and, while they may look small from a distance, once you’re beneath them they are anything but.
White storks have crowned many of the boulders with their nests and the endangered black stork utilizes the lakes during its summer migration route. In the winter, ducks crowd the waters and at night the green San Antonio frog can be heard croaking.
In the spring the ground is colored with small white and yellow flowers, the laburnum and white escobas, as well as slips and flax, which in earlier times was manipulated to make linen yarn and linseed oil. The guards at the entrance to the park can pass on further information about trails and the area’s flora and fauna.
To explore Los Barruecos after a visit to the museum adjoin-ing it, Extremaruta, C.B. in Malpartida offers guided tours. There are also some rental bikes on hand.
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