"ALAJAR Y LOS MADROÑOS"




















RECOMMENDED DATE: On Spring.

NAME: Alajar y Los Madroños.

PLACE AND DEPARTURE TIME: Alajar at 10:00

DURATION: 2,5 hours

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: Unlimited

CARTOGRAPHY: Ign ()

KIND: Round trip

PERMISSIONS: Yes

LEVEL OF DIFFICULT: Middle

GRADIENT: Medium


IKING EQUIPMENT: Bottles of water, food to halfway, a beenjack, a walking stien if you like it and clothing suitable for mountain stages.


TRAIL DESCRIPTION:
Arriving to Alajar´s Square we take behind the church finding the exit of the town that it take down at Sureast.

Alajar´s Strech:
In the Strech we found, feral, a curious ornamental plant the prench starts with an strong ascent to the Madroños´port where we found a cross

Madroños´ Strech:
At the final of the ascend we arrive to Los Madroños. We can visit the village. Is a village with no people and very pacefully. When we arrive to the descend to Alajar. We can admire a good panoramic of the village and la Peña.

Strech slope of El Caracol:
We start a descent for the slope of El Caracol that it continue to the village, we found near pathway a stream.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: In the village we find an old water mill coverted into a restaurant where we can still see much of his machinery.

EACH AND TIME FRAME RECOMMENDED: The recommended epoch is spring.

OTHERS ACTIVITIES: You can do trekking and picnic.

CULTURAL AND LANDSCAPE ASPECTS:
Tradition based in the animal hus bandry, there are gardens of families for local consumption. In the country there are two importants churchs(San Marcos and Ntra. Sra. de los Angeles). The rural landscape is good conserved and the country have a special charm.

PREDOMINANT FLORA, FAUNA AND LAND: 
Fauna predominates smalls poultries. In the lands predominates granito, but sometimes it converted in black quartzite. This itinerary Make -through holm oaks, with some adj Sections of mesophilic vegetation oaks ans riparian forests. Land, rural landscape beautifully preserved and towns with a special charm that enjoy walking through its streets.

OBSERVATIONS
Normally, the weather of Alajar is sunny and hot.

There is a map of the strech.