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What to see and do in Salvatierra de los Barros

What to see and do in Salvatierra de los Barros (Sierra Suroeste, Badajoz): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Salvatierra de los Barros: festival calendar

May: Feria Ibérica de la Alfarería y el Barro (mayo, años pares)

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What to see and do in Salvatierra de los Barros

Salvatierra de los Barros
Village
Municipality of 1,546 inhabitants (INE 2025) at 620 m altitude. Its name comes from the clay ('barro') worked by local potters, for which it was also known as 'Salvatierra de los Jarros'.
Alfarería de Salvatierra de los Barros
Food and drink
Internationally recognized pottery tradition, with large storage jars, pitchers and botijos (porous clay water jugs); it has a ceramics museum and a biennial pottery fair in May.
Pozo de las Nieves de Salvatierra de los Barros
Monument
16th-century structure for storing snow, with cylindrical towers and brick vaults, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural in 1990.
Museo de Alfarería de Salvatierra de los Barros
Monument
A museum belonging to the Network of Museums of Extremadura, with free admission, dedicated to the village's pottery tradition, with ceramics workshops.
Feria Ibérica de la Alfarería y el Barro
Activity
A fair dedicated to traditional pottery held in even-numbered years, alternating with the Portuguese town of Reguengos de Monsaraz.
Baños del Moral (Balneario de El Charcón)
Nature
Ruins of an old spa with iron-rich, bicarbonate waters, reddish in color from the precipitation of iron oxides, at the site of El Charcón. It went into decline from the 1960s onward and is now abandoned.
Iglesia de San Blas (Salvatierra de los Barros)
Monument
A parish church with a military appearance and a large square tower that structures the layout of the village.