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What to see and do in San Pablo de los Montes

What to see and do in San Pablo de los Montes (Montes de Toledo, Toledo): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 2 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Food and drink

When to go to San Pablo de los Montes: festival calendar

January: Festival of la Vaca de San Pablo de los Montes (24 y 25 de enero)
May: Pilgrimage of la Virgen de Gracia de San Pablo (last Sunday of May)

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What to see and do in San Pablo de los Montes

San Pablo de los Montes
Village
San Pablo de los Montes is a municipality in the comarca of Montes de Toledo, in the province of Toledo, with 1627 inhabitants (INE 2025), whose name recalls the patronage of San Pablo Apóstol over the town's convent of Discalced Augustinians. According to tradition, the village was settled following the apparition, in 1262, to a shepherd named Magdaleno, of the Virgen de Gracia at a spring; the residents of Ajofrín built over it the hermitage of the Fuente Santa, an important pilgrimage route. In its territory are preserved iron mining works from the 2nd century BC, a snow well and the convent of the Padres Agustinos, from the 15th century. Its most notable festivity is that of the Vaca, of Regional Tourist Interest, in which a symbolic cow with horns adorned with ribbons is run.
Festival of la Vaca de San Pablo de los Montes
Activity
Winter celebration declared of Regional Tourist Interest in which a symbolic cow with its horns decked with ribbons is run through the village, accompanied by bonfires and processions.
Convent of los Padres Agustinos de San Pablo
Monument
The Convento de los Padres Agustinos, also called Convento de San Pablo, is a former Augustinian convent built in the 15th century in San Pablo de los Montes (Toledo), one of the most notable historic complexes in the municipality. The name of the village itself comes from the fact that the convent of Discalced Augustinians was placed under the patronage of Saint Paul the Apostle, from which the town takes its name.
Snow Well of San Pablo de los Montes
Monument
Old ice house built to store and preserve compacted snow, which was then transported for sale. It recalls the use made of the mountain cold before modern refrigeration.
The Roman iron mines of San Pablo
Curiosity
Iron workings are preserved in the municipal district whose exploitation goes back to the 2nd century BC, evidence of Roman interest in the resources of the Montes de Toledo.
Pilgrimage of la Virgen de Gracia de San Pablo
Activity
The pilgrimage is held on the last Sunday of May and commemorates the tradition that, in 1262, the Virgen de Gracia appeared to a shepherd named Magdaleno beside a spring, over which residents of Ajofrín built the hermitage of the Fuente Santa. On the preceding Sunday a procession goes up to collect the image; on the feast day there is singing at dawn and an open-air mass is held beside the hermitage, following the Ruta del Pastor Magdaleno from Ajofrín.
The sheep's cheeses of the Montes
Food and drink
The Manchega sheep stock that makes use of the pastures of the sierra sustains a cheese industry that has grown in recent decades. Raw-milk cured cheeses are made and sold in the town itself and at the comarca fairs.