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What to see and do in Acehúche

What to see and do in Acehúche (Comarca de Alcántara, Cáceres): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

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What to see and do in Acehúche

Acehúche, cuna de Las Carantoñas
Village
808 inhabitants (INE 2025), 341 m altitude, 91.06 km². It was officially called "El Aceúche" until 1873. A large part of its territory is flooded by the José María de Oriol reservoir, on the Tajo.
Las Carantoñas
Activity
Feast of San Sebastián with animal-skin masks (the carantoñas), declared of National Tourist Interest. It is held on January 20 and 21.
Feria del Queso de Cabra Ibérico
Food and drink
Fair dedicated to Iberian goat cheese, one of the town's artisanal products; it is held on the weekend of Palm Sunday.
Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
Monument
15th-century parish church with Renaissance features; it preserves a late-15th-century Gothic doorway, the only element of that style remaining in the building. Until the mid-19th century it belonged to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Priory of Alcántara.
Ermita del Cristo de la Cañada
Monument
17th-century Baroque hermitage, one of two surviving from the three that once stood next to the village.
Ermita de Santa María del Cerro
Monument
17th-century popular hermitage, of ashlar and rendered rubblework, known as "del Cerro" for its location.
Acehúche, antiguo arrabal de Alcántara
Historical milestone
Acehúche was an outlying district of the town of Alcántara until it became independent from it in 1572.