INTERPRETATION CENTRE OF THE SIERRA DE VILLUERCAS ZEPA

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Contact details

LOCATION
On the Cancho del Fresno Reservoir road 3 km from Cañamero. It is reached by the old CC-21.1.1 road (Cañamero-Berzocana).

OPENING HOURS

By appointment: From Thursdays to Sundays from 11:00 to 13:00 hours; on Saturdays and Sundays also from 16:00 to 19:00 hours except for the third weekend of each month.

CONTACT
Telephone: 675 061 982 y 682 798 459.

INFORMATION AND CONTENT

It contains a model of the territory and several rooms with display elements reflecting representative habitats together with the typical fauna of each ecosystem and the ethnographical values of the district (festivals, traditional architecture, and arts and crafts).

The centre has a specific room devoted to the Villuercas-Ibores-Jara Geopark with an exhibition of its fossils, rocks, and minerals. The visit ends with the showing of a video on the Special Bird Protection Area (ZEPA) of the Sierra de las Villuercas and Valle del Guadarranque.

The terrace of the building has a vantage point which affords views of the valley of the River Ruecas and the Cancho del Fresno Reservoir.

The outside gardens contain a small sample of the autochthonous vegetation of the district.
The rooms are accessible for the disabled.

TOURIST SERVICES

A visit free of charge which includes a guided tour

PROGRAMME OF GUIDED TOURS

The tour begins in the room devoted to the Geopark and ends, if this is required, with going up to the observatory on the terrace of one of the rooms.

Characteristics of the service

  • Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes
  • Price: free of charge
  • Size of the groups: a maximum number has not been established
  • All the installations of the centre are accessible for people with reduced mobility with the exception of the observatory