We took the A-5 motorway till Navalmoral de la mata, then we took the EX-1 heading Plasencia, but the GPS guided us throught a local road parallel to the river Tietar till the EX-392 road that took us to Jaraíz de la Vega. It would have been easier to take the EX-392 in Navalmoral de la Mata heading Jaraíz de la Vega or arrive to Plasencia and enter into the valley jerte through the N-110.
From Jaraiz de la Vega we took a road that led us throught the mountains through the villages of Pasarón de la Vega, Arroyomolinos de la Vera, Barrada, Carrera reaching Valdastillas. In this area we began to see the first cherry trees and the side of the mountais were white of cherry blossoms.
Slopes covered with cherry blossoms
One of the villages on the slope of the valley.
As we descend from the side of the mountain, across the road which passes through Valdastillas, to the N-110. We took some pictures of the cherry blossoms
Cherry blossoms
The road descends among the cherry trees
We arrived to the N-110 road and we followed it till Navaconcejo where we tool lunch in a little restaurant. This town is divided by the river Jerte and has a beautiful bridge over it.
Bridge over Jerte in Navaconcejo
Cherry blossoms from Navaconcejo
We took again the car and drive throught the N-110 road till we arrived to Cabezuela del Valle. We left the car and walked down a path that runs parallel to the river Jerte.
The Jerte river, in Cabezuela del Valle.
The town was full of suvenir stores where you can buy the tipical cherry trees and products of the zone.
A small waterfall
After the walk, we took the car again, and following the N-110 we arrived to Tornavacas and we began to drive throught the pass of Tornavacas. We took some pictures of the cherry blossoms before we arrived to the highest part of the pass.
cherry blossoms
cherry trees
cherry trees
From there you can enjoy a beautiful lanscape. Mountais around were snowier than the last time (in spanish) we where in Tornavacas. Two more pictures from out trip. First one you can see the town of Tornavacas and Cabezuela del Valle and the second one you can see all the Valley of Jerte. The pictures are a bit dark because the day was cloudy and you couldn't see all the cherry blossoms.
El Valle del Jerte, desde lo alto de Tornavacas
El Valle del Jerte
We decided to return to Madrid throught Avila. The idea was to follow the N-110 from the Pass of Tornavacas which runs through the towns of Barco de Ávila and Piedrahita, then arrive to Avila and take the A-6 motorway to Madrid. But when we arrived to Barco de Avila, it started to snow abundantly:
The old bridge in the middle of the snowstorm
We arrived to Piedrahita without problems, but the snowstorm was stronger. When we leaved Piedrahita, there was a lot of snow in the road and people drove slowly. We couldn't arrive to the Pass of Villatoro, and the policy shorted the road to people that didn't have tire chains. We returned to Piedrahita, then we toolk the road to Alba the Tormes, from there to Peñaranda de Bracamonte, then to Arevalo where we took the A-6 motorway to Madrid. The snowstorm was heavy, and we took some beautiful pictures when the night arrived.
The road covered with snow
the snow country
You can see all the pictures of the trip in this url.
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