Attractions and Places To See around Minglanilla - Top 20

7 bow bridge, so beautiful

Villargordo del Cabriel is a municipality in the Requena-Utiel region, in the province of Valencia. The town is located on the banks of the Cabriel River and is on the border between Castilla-La Mancha and the Valencia region. One of the biggest tourist attractions is the beautiful nature, which is remarkably well preserved.

It was built in 1972 at the confluence of the Cabriel and Guadazaón rivers. The dam height is 129 metres. Its purpose is, among other things, to supply water to the city of Valencia. The Contreras Bridge was built between 1845 and 1851 by the engineer Lucio del Valle. To descend the ravine, he had to build a zigzag road that formed the port of Contreras.

The bridge is built of carved stone and is founded with the same rocks that can be found on the banks of the river. Its single eye has about 33 m of span, making it one of the largest bridges of its kind not only in Spain, but also on the European continent.

Vadocañas Bridge It is a viaduct of Roman origin that connects the regions of Cuenca and Valencia passing over the waters of the Cabriel in a protected space known as the Hoces del Cabriel Natural Park – cataloged as a Natural Reserve on its La Mancha slope.

Until 2016, it held the record for the bridge with the longest concrete arch span in Spain and stands out for its slenderness and visual beauty. Now, the largest is the Alcántara reservoir viaduct, built in 2019 for the Madrid-Extremadura High Speed line.

The cycling adventure leaves Los Cárceles along the river plain, passes the Barranco de la Vida and goes up a forest track for a few kilometers to avoid the narrowest meanders of the canyon. In this section there are paths near the shore of the Cabriel, marked with the GR-66 signs, but some are not cyclable for gravel bicycles and it is more convenient to go around the mountain. The climb is about four kilometers, to the agricultural fields of Los Armalletes, then the route takes a forest track to the right and goes down to Venta de Vadocañas, one of the historic passes between La Mancha and Valencia. The other was the Pajazo bridge, which is now submerged in the waters of the Contreras reservoir. The Vadocañas bridge is monumental, it has an eye of 33 light meters and shows an extraordinary work of ashlar masonry, the origin is Roman, although the current construction is from the 16th century. “Cars and people pass by. The eye has one hundred and twenty feet in a very long hole. They claim to be the largest and best and with the largest and largest stones in the kingdom, and they pass beasts, and everything else, from Toledo and other parts to Valencia and Requena where the customs is. On the Valencian shore there are signs for the Turia-Cabriel Nature Trail towards Villargordo del Cabriel. The climb is long, you have to climb again to the agricultural fields of La Plana along the rugged slopes of the Sierra del Rubial, it is a good time to see mountain goats, deer and wild boar. On Mount Moluengo there is a non-cyclable section, known as Senda de la Cueva de los Ladrones, and before arriving there is a detour on the left that crosses the mountain range along a forest track with good cyclability and connects with the Nature Trail in the ravine. from Los Pocicos, following the red milestones until the end of the stage between the vineyards of Villargordo del Cabriel.

Dam bridge. Spectacular views