Top 5 Mountain Passes around Garganta Del Villar

The Navarredonda de Gredos Stargazing Viewpoint is one of the most outstanding spots for astronomical observation in the Sierra de Gredos mountain range, within the Starlight Reserve, which guarantees dark skies free from light pollution. It is located in Navarredonda de Gredos (Ávila), at an altitude of approximately 1,600 meters, ensuring clear, unobstructed skies. It forms part of the network of stargazing viewpoints in the Gredos Regional Park, designed for astrotourism and night photography. It is near the Parador de Gredos hotel and the Navarredonda Children's Park, with easy access by car and a parking area.

Small tack between Navarreonda de Gredos and San Martín De la Vega del Alberche of just 4 km, being harder in the northern area than in the southern area. It is also known by the name of Alto de Barajas. Like all secondary roads in the Gredos area, the asphalt is irregular and rough, of acceptable width, without a shoulder and with very little traffic. Despite the little traffic, it is highly recommended to have your rear light because locals usually travel quickly and hardly expect to encounter cyclists. This small limit can be used on many routes in the northern area of Gredos.

This slope is gentler than the northern slope and much shorter, with just 4 km and 2 of them hard, with some considerable ramps in the pair of horseshoe curves that there are. The road is inhospitable and therefore with very little traffic. The asphalt is uneven and rough, which adds hardness to the climb. Most of the secondary roads in this area are like this, which gives it a lot of charm. The landscape in summer is dry land, very typical of the northern area of Gredos and the northern plateau in general. I climbed the pass one early morning in August and I really enjoyed the solitude and silence of nature.

The Collado de la Honda is the final part of an old glacier that ends at this point. The glacier is the result of ancient times when the glacial movements were more southern and this is an example of how in this area of the middle of the Meseta there were.

The relief of the municipality is formed by two mountainous areas separated by the Amblés valley, through which the Adaja river runs, which is born in the territory. The northern area is called Sierra de Villanueva, a branch of the Sierra de Ávila.

It is 1,663 meters above sea level and connects the Corneja Valley (Valdecorneja) with the Alto Valle del Alberche through a local road that connects the towns of Navacepedilla de Corneja and San Martín de la Vega del Alberche. It separates the Sierra de Villafranca and the massif of La Serrota.

It is 1,767 meters above sea level and connects the Alto Alberche valley with that of Alto Tormes, through a local road that connects the towns of San Martín de la Vega del Alberche and Barajas, annexed to Navarredonda de Gredos, in whose municipal area it is located. located the coronation of the same.

The mountain range is located on the Iberian Peninsula on the territory of the provinces of Ávila, Cáceres, Toledo and the autonomous community of Madrid. The highest point is the 2592 m high Pico Almanzor. The Sierra de Gredos is the headwaters of the Tormes, Alberche and Tiétar rivers; it forms the watershed between the water systems of the Duero to the north and the Tajo to the south. Parador of the Gredos Between crystalline waters, rugged rocks and the green pine forests of the Sierra de Gredos, the Parador de Gredos, the first of all Paradores, has been entrenched behind stately stone walls since 1928. In the interior, the rustic furnishings ensure comfort and a stately ambience at the same time. Here, on the ridge of the Alto del Risquillo, the majestic building offers impressive panoramas over the Valle de Tormes, the Sierrau de Piedrahita and Béjar mountain ranges and the Gredos massif.