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What to see and do in Navas de Estena

What to see and do in Navas de Estena (Montes de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 3 Nature · 2 Curiosities

Towns near Navas de Estena

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What to see and do in Navas de Estena

Navas de Estena
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Montes de Ciudad Real, in the province of Ciudad Real, which contributes some 11,000 hectares to Cabañeros National Park and gives access to the Boquerón del Estena, a narrow defile carved by the river into the quartzites, with relict flora of yews, birches and royal ferns, fossilised tracks of a giant marine worm from some 475 million years ago and the quartzite columns of the Torres del Estena. It was the seat of la Llega, the assembly of the concejos, the town councils, of the Montes de Toledo, documented since 1300, and its parish is dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Antigua.
Boquerón del Estena gorge
Nature
A narrow gorge cut by the River Estena through the quartzites of the Cabañeros National Park, reached by a waymarked route setting out from Navas de Estena. It shelters a relict flora with yews, birches, alders and royal ferns.
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Antigua
Monument
The parish church of Navas de Estena, dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Antigua, and the main historic building of this small town of the Montes de Toledo.
The Towers of the Estena
Nature
Columnar quartzite formations aligned along a geological fault and produced by differential erosion, which can be seen from the Boquerón del Estena route.
The tracks of the giant marine worm
Curiosity
The rocks of the Boquerón del Estena preserve the fossilised traces of a giant marine worm from some 475 million years ago, alongside ripple marks from ancient sea beds.
The Llega of Navas de Estena
Curiosity
Navas de Estena was the seat of the Llega, the assembly of the councils of the Montes de Toledo, documented from 1300 and considered one of the oldest comarca institutions in Spain.
The 11,000 hectares of Cabañeros in Navas de Estena
Nature
The municipal district of Navas de Estena contributes some 11,000 hectares to the Cabañeros National Park, with populations of black vulture, golden eagle and native fish such as the calandino and the jarabugo.