Gredos's mountains and Iruelas valley

Two weeks ago, my girlfriend and me made a trip to the Gredos's mountains (Sierra de Gredos in spanish), near the town of El Tiemblo and the Toros de Guisando. We left Madrid by the highway M-501 (Carretera de los Pantanos) until San Martín de ValleIglesias. The toros de Guisando are located three kilometers from this town.These sculptures are dated from century IV-III before Christ and it thinks that they were magical protections for the meadows around (you can find more information here and here in spanish).

Toros de Guisando

If we followed the road, we went to the town of el Tiemblo, and we took the road to Avila, in order to arrive at the zone of the dam of the Burguillo, we left the road to Avilla, to cross the dam,and to go for the natural reserve of Valle of Iruelas

This zone is located on the North face of the Mountain range of Gredos, and has a spectacular landscape. We took advantage of to eat in the zone of rural tourism.
rural houses
small chapel

After lunch we followed the forestal road direction to the little town of La Rinconada, to take a rural track that raises towards the port of Casilla. Asphalt paving in first km, can be crossed in until it becomes a forest track only apt for four wheel drive cars. This route fits in a valley, following the course of a brook that ends at the dam of Burguillos. In the port he is noticeable in the maps like a viewpoint, but we didn't had a four wheel drive car to climb to it. The forest of pines that crosses is precious and the tranquillity that is breathed for which the excursion has been being worth the trouble.

brook
brook

We recognize that there are sites in the Mountain range of Gredos that is worth the trouble to explore.