Village
Los Navalucillos is a municipality in the comarca of La Jara, in the province of Toledo, set in a hollow among hills of the Montes de Toledo, and comprises the hamlets of Robledo del Buey, Los Alares and Valdeazores. It is the result of the 1833 union of the two Navalucillos - of Toledo and of Talavera - which had been separated by the jurisdictional line between the two territories; its name, formed from nava and lucillos, means plain of the tombs. Set in the valley of the río Pusa, part of its municipal area is included in the Cabañeros National Park, whose northern entrance leads from the town towards the Chorro waterfall and the Rocigalgo peak, which at 1,448 m is the highest summit in the province. Its hermitage of Nuestra Señora de las Saleras was built in 1632. It has 1,889 inhabitants (INE 2025).
Nature
La Cascada del Chorro, popularly known as La Chorrera, is an 18-metre waterfall located in the municipal area of Los Navalucillos (Toledo), one of the most visited spots in the northern sector of the Cabañeros National Park, of which it has been part since 2008. Surrounded by quartzite walls covered in vegetation and moss, it barely gets any sun and preserves a primitive oceanic microclimate within the Montes de Toledo. The water, clear and cold, comes from the Chorro stream, which flows into the Pusa river and supplies the village itself from an intake built in the 1990s that damaged the old yew specimens found there. The surrounding area, sheltered by the Sierra del Chorito and the Rocigalgo massif, has a continental Mediterranean climate with hot summers and freezing winters.
Nature
The Pico Rocigalgo, also called Corocho de Rocigalgo, rises within the municipal area of Los Navalucillos, inside the Cabañeros National Park, in the heart of the Montes de Toledo range. At 1,448 metres it is the highest peak in the province, surpassed only by the Villuercas peak, in Cáceres. At mid-altitude, holm oak, poplar and Pyrenean oak predominate, with an understorey of rockrose, broom and fern; higher up, meadows and quartzite rocks take over, where the Spanish imperial eagle nests. The ascent, of moderate difficulty, follows the Ruta del Chorro and totals 17.4 kilometres round trip, with an elevation gain of 750 metres; its most demanding stretch, Las Cornisas, crosses a rocky crag along an exposed ledge fitted with a chain. From the summit the Tajo floodplain can be seen, with the Sierra de Gredos in the background.
Nature
A large part of the municipal area of Los Navalucillos (La Jara, Toledo) has formed part, since the early 2000s, of the Cabañeros National Park, reached from the town via the routes to La Chorrera and Rocigalgo. Every August the Feria de Turismo Rural Rocigalgo is held, with tapa and gastronomic days, during which routes through the Montes de Toledo and the national park are organised. In the south of the municipal area, next to the park boundary, in the valley of the Pusa river, lies another of its attractions, the Chorro waterfall.
Monument
The parish church of San Sebastián, in a simple Mudéjar style, dates from the 15th century. It underwent a major renovation in 1692, paid for by the archbishopric and the town council, and in 1755 the Lisbon earthquake seriously damaged its Mudéjar tower, which ended up being demolished in 1785. During the civil war it served as a camp for a group of militia, who damaged the interior of the temple, and it did not regain its original appearance until the restoration carried out in 1968 by Juan Martín-Maestro. With a Latin-cross floor plan and 422 square metres, it preserves a high altarpiece carved in wood in 1702 and gilded in 1718, the work of the school of José de Churriguera, with six Solomonic columns decorated with Baroque plant motifs.
Monument
The hermitage of Nuestra Señora de las Saleras, patron saint of Los Navalucillos, was built in brick and exposed masonry in 1632, under the original dedication of Nuestra Señora de Gracia. It has a Latin-cross floor plan with barrel vaults and has been fully restored while preserving its original structure. In its honour the patron saint festivities are held from 5 to 10 September, with the eve as the main day on the 7th, featuring processions, a parade of giants and big-heads, verbenas and water fights.
Activity
The Luminarias de San Sebastián are held on 20 January in Los Navalucillos (Toledo): that night bonfires are lit in the streets of the village in honour of the patron saint. Three days earlier, on 17 January, the feast of San Antón, a preview known as the luminarias chicas takes place. On the same 20 January the Jornadas Rito-Gastronómicas sobre la Matanza are also held, declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Regional (an official festival-of-tourist-interest designation) in 2022.
Historical milestone
The place name joins nava, the flat land between hills, with lucillos, the tombs that were found in the spot. The place is mentioned in a document of Alfonso VIII of 1209, although stable settlement was not consolidated until the fourteenth century.
Historical milestone
For centuries there were two Navalucillos separated by the jurisdictional boundary, one of the land of Talavera and the other of that of Toledo, with distinct parishes. They were administratively unified in 1833, under the ecclesiastical ordering promoted by Cardinal Lorenzana.