The best road cycling routes around Pelayos De La Presa

Los Toros de Guisando are a set of zoomorphic sculptures of Vettonian origin, carved in granite between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC. They probably represent bulls or verracos and were linked to rituals for the protection of livestock and the delimitation of territory.

An impressive monastic complex of medieval origin, founded in the 12th century and surrounded by a privileged natural environment. Its stone walls and well-preserved ruins evoke centuries of history linked to the Cistercian order.

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Stage 2. Ávila/Madrid 140 km. 2,500 m positive. On the way back to Madrid we followed the route of the Camino de Santiago de Levante to the Alberche River with some variations to maintain cyclability and an acceptable average. The yellow arrows on the Jacobean route point towards Santiago de Compostela and at some intersections it is not easy to see them in the opposite direction. The track is essential to follow these “author” routes. The route leaves Ávila along the plain of the Chico River to Tornadizos de Ávila and continues along the cattle trails from the sources of the Tornadizos River to some spectacular pastoral meadows in the hills of El Cabezuelo. The final stretch of the climb follows a path that has good cyclability with good grinding technique and expertise on mountain trails. The path passes a gate with yellow arrows and goes down to the port of Boquerón, between the Cuerda de los Polvisos and the Malagón mountain range, one of the entrances to the great Herradón de Pinares grave. The descent along the Camino de Santiago is an uncomfortable and complicated trial with the bags due to the pavement and the vegetation and to maintain the pace we go down the road gliding over a deceptive landscape, we pass through El Herradón and continue to San Bartolomé de Pinares. The climb through the cobblestone streets of the town is tough and the exit through the forks of the Camino de Levante ends with an infernal wall, until the slope ends on a hill adorned with a milestone of the Jacobean route that has indications of the distances to different places. in the world, from Ávila and Madrid to Beijing or New Zealand.

The arrangement of the sculptures is interesting: they are side by side, forming a line in a north-south direction and all of them facing west, to the hill of Cerro de Guisando, from which they receive their name. The Tórtolas stream, which is located behind it, marks the natural border between the communities of Castilla y León and Madrid.

It is a very beautiful route leaving from the campsite passing through green roads until you reach the castle

It is a place where you can admire stone carvings that are more than 2,000 years old that were recovered and taken there so that they can be contemplated by visitors who wish to do so. You have to pay a small entrance fee of €2 to ensure the conservation and maintenance of the sculptures, but it is definitely worth it. These are 4 bulls carved in stone from the 3rd century BC. next to an old inn or inn called "Juradera" in which the pact was signed between Enrique IV and his sister Isabel.

Casillas is a municipality in the province of Ávila, located at an altitude of 1012 m, at the beginning of the Tiétar valley. It is surrounded by an extensive forest of chestnut and oak trees. If you want to know its resin past, I recommend visiting the ethnographic museum of Resin, which has two exhibitions, in two large resin huts.