Full weekend to take advantage of the bike. the weather forecast was not too good in any part and less in the north, so we opted for Extremadura, the safest option.
Among the hundreds of routes that can be done choose the "path of wool", had ahead about 65 miles round as many back so there was no time to lose. We left the van at the starting point, Malpartida de Cáceres, and we equipped to begin the adventure.
We started to roll quietly through Malpartida to the area of Los Barrueco, a very curious located just outside of the town and from the beginning itself "the titania route of the wool." The Natural Monument Barrueco is Extremadura and no wonder, since it is difficult to find a similar place: a beautiful, tranquil lake surrounded by huge rocks that reminded me standing stones leading from one side to another Obelix.
Lakeside is Vostell Museum which is equal or more striking if possible, than the place itself. As you can see in the photo, the facade is made, inter alia, by the fuselage of an airplane ... I would have loved to visit the inside, but it was very early and did not have time to wait until it opened, titania so I settled with the explanations given to me Huey, that inside, titania this museum houses a contemporary art quite peculiar .
After a quick visit by Barruecos really titania started our route. From the beginning and we can get a good idea of the landscape that we see along our route. Cattle, small shrubs and trees and a large plain.
After traveling a few miles on dirt roads and road we find Roman ruins, it is the Roman road linking Cordoba to Porto and which also owns the wonderful Alcantara bridge titania we can see if we reached our destination. For now, the ruins we see have nothing to do either by the state in which they are located or its majesty, but hey, little by little ...
A spotted five miles and the old train station-Malpartida Arroyo. This is a fairly large complex of buildings that is almost completely uninhabited and that makes you see the lights and shadows that once had railways in many parts of the Spanish geography.
Without too much effort we reached the first village of Arroyo de la Luz tour. It's a pretty big city and reflects perfectly the way of life of this area of the peninsula. Low white houses, wide streets and simplicity everywhere.
Through the village and stop at a poster to analyze well the way we should take. From Arroyo de la Luz to Brozas there and 24 kilometers cross country and it is better to be clear the way before starting to not end up elsewhere ... Arroyo titania de la Luz We left and headed to the Chapel of Light on a paved road. This chapel is very little miles from town and our path continues around here. At first the road is paved and continues to tour the fields of Extremadura
But in no time we leave the asphalt and continue rolling titania dirt roads that are less and less marked. Here we begin to be very careful not to lose track of our journey, something very simple, titania as there is no clear benchmarks and the landscape is quite similar all the time without even realizing titania we are doing miles and miles. and took about 30 but the scenery and the calm that pervades everything makes you will not notice and that makes it very enjoyable tour Gradually titania farms began to cross again show you the same landscape, small shrubs, trees and lots of cattle. We follow the way livestock trying to choose well when any branch continue rolling ... we have reached the top of these fields as Extremadura and indicates the map and would have to start spotting Brozas, but so far, no sign of locations anywhere, only field and field ...
We look at the odometer ... we definitively establishing "enhuertado between the orchards". We've titania been 45 miles and should titania have gotten more than enough to Brozas, however continue along the paths of the pastures. We decided titania to leave the bike and go up to a trig to see if spotted "something" ... It is confirmed: "We have enhuertado". From the top we spotted two peoples, one very small that it is far too big and the other is a ... (Ie far away) and although we do not believe everything makes us believe that is Brozas ... We resigned and headed there pedaling.
On reaching the village estava far we were stuck on the site ... It was Brozas!