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What to see and do in Pinofranqueado

What to see and do in Pinofranqueado (Las Hurdes, Cáceres): 12 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 3 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 3 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Pinofranqueado: festival calendar

August: La Enramá de Pinofranqueado (last Sunday of August)

How far each place is from the centre of Pinofranqueado

Ermita del Cristo de la Salud (Pinofranqueado) 150 m

Towns near Pinofranqueado

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What to see and do in Pinofranqueado

Viaje regio a Las Hurdes de 1922
Historical milestone
Between June 20 and 24, 1922, King Alfonso XIII toured Las Hurdes accompanied by Dr. Gregorio Marañón, following the creation that April of a health commission to attend to the region. During the visit, the famous photograph of the monarch bathing naked alongside Marañón was taken in Pinofranqueado, the work of photographer José Demaría 'Campúa'. The trip, preceded by a reconnaissance visit by Marañón in March 1921, marked a milestone in health care for the comarca.
Pinofranqueado
Village
Municipality of 1,783 inhabitants (2025) at 449 m altitude, the main commercial center of Las Hurdes. It began as a scattered medieval council, and on April 13, 1956, two hamlets merged to form the present settlement. It preserves the church of Nuestra Señora de la Encina (17th-18th centuries) and petroglyphs with Roman inscriptions in the Tesito de los Cuchillos area.
La Enramá de Pinofranqueado
Activity
Fiesta de Interés Turístico Regional since 1996, held on the last Sunday of August in Pinofranqueado.
Piscina natural de Pinofranqueado
Nature
The largest natural swimming pool in Las Hurdes, measuring 50 by 10 meters, fed by the waters of the río de los Ángeles next to the bridge at the entrance to the village.
"Las Hurdes, tierra sin pan", de Luis Buñuel
Historical milestone
The 33-minute documentary filmed by Luis Buñuel between 23 April and 22 May 1933, based on Maurice Legendre's 1927 anthropological study, showed the world the poverty of the Las Hurdes region; in 1964 it was named among the twelve best documentaries in history at the Mannheim Festival. Alfonso XIII's own royal visit to the region in 1922, already covered in the catalog, had put Las Hurdes on the map even before Buñuel's film.
Miel de Las Hurdes
Food and drink
Beekeeping is a traditional activity throughout the Las Hurdes region, passed down through generations of Hurdano families; the variety and abundance of wild flora — heather, chestnut, oak — gives rise to highly prized single-flower honeys.
Ermita del Cristo de la Salud (Pinofranqueado)
Monument
A 17th-century chapel located in the old town of Pinofranqueado.
Puente sobre el río de los Ángeles
Monument
A stone bridge built in 1911 over the río de los Ángeles, in Pinofranqueado, blessed by Bishop Ramón Peris Mencheta.
Petroglifos de Pinofranqueado
Curiosity
The municipal term of Pinofranqueado preserves several groups of Neolithic rock carvings, among them the one known as 'Tesito de los Cuchillos' or 'Pisadas de los Moros,' between Castillo and Las Erías, which also includes Roman-era inscriptions, as well as other carvings near Sauceda and Mesegal.
Madroño singular de Castillo
Nature
In the hamlet of Castillo, within the municipal term of Pinofranqueado, grows a singular strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) about 10 meters tall with a trunk circumference of 4.7 meters.
El concejo disperso de Pinofranqueado
Historical milestone
Pinofranqueado arose from the medieval Leonese repopulation around 1160 and functioned for centuries as communal pastureland under the jurisdiction of Granadilla. The Auto de Ortiz Jarero, from 1734, first documents the structure of its council dispersed among hamlets, which was broken up into private holdings with the 19th-century disentailments.
Mirador del Teso de la Vega
Nature
A panoramic viewpoint over the Hurdes valley located in Pinofranqueado, one of the vantage points for observing the region's landscape.