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What to see and do in Pineda de la Sierra

What to see and do in Pineda de la Sierra (Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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What to see and do in Pineda de la Sierra

Pineda de la Sierra
Village
Pineda de la Sierra is a municipality of 92 inhabitants situated in the high valley carved by the Arlanzón river between the sierra de la Demanda and the sierra de Mencilla, guarded to the north by the two highest mountains in the province of Burgos, the Torruco-San Millán (2131 m) and the Trigaza peak (2085 m), and to the south by the Mencilla peak, where the old Valle del Sol ski resort stood. It stands at 1205 m above sea level, 50 km from the Burgos provincial capital. Its houses of reddish sandstone with corbelled chimneys cluster around the church of San Esteban Protomártir, with a 12th-century porticoed gallery and listed as a monument; in the municipal area, where there were once mines, lies also the southern half of the Arlanzón reservoir, built between 1930 and 1933.
The Greenway of the Sierra de la Demanda
Activity
The Camino Natural Vía Verde de la Sierra de la Demanda runs 52 kilometres between Arlanzón and Monterrubio de la Demanda (Burgos) along the bed of a former mining railway built in 1902, which carried ore from Barbadillo de Herreros to Villafría. The route, with four viaducts, one tunnel and a 380-metre drop in elevation, opened as a greenway in the early 2000s and is part of the Red de Caminos Naturales of the Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. It is maintained by the association of the six municipalities it crosses, among them Pineda de la Sierra; given the area's sparse population and limited municipal budgets, the route suffers from serious conservation problems.