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ROUTES BY THE SOMONTANO
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The Heart of Guara
The main attraction of the Mountain Range is the more than 70 canyons that have made it into the European reference centre for Canyoning. But it is not all canyons and ravines; the area of Bierge has cultural attractions that many of the adventurers who come to the area have yet to discover: festivities, monuments, chapels, towns, tales and legends.

Routes associated to this:

1.- San Fructuoso hermitage
2.- Fuente de La Tamara and El Puntillo track
3.- Route of the Virgen del Castillo
One of the best ways to emerge yourself in the Sierra de Guara Natural Park and the Guara Canyons is to start off in the village of Bierge. This village, located between the pre-Pyrenean mountains and the extensive plains of Somontano, is well worth a visit. As you walk through the village towards the Santiago parish church, situated at the highest point, you will find interesting examples of traditional arquitecture. Magnificent doorways and shields stand out and speak of the flourishing past fortunes of the families who lived there.

But without doubt, the most important site is the San Fructuoso hermitage , which no visitor should miss.

Nature lovers should head towards the hide; from where you can observe various birds of prey which often congregate at the Feeding Zone for Birds of Prey. Both the hide and the feeding zone are the result of very hard work carried out by the Friends of the Vulture and the Guara Park management.

Before leaving Bierge, you should also stop off at the Visitor Information Centre for the Guara Sierra and Canyons, where you will find a wealth of information regarding the most important natural and cultural features of the Park.


From Bierge, there are two options. The first of these takes you to the Salto de Bierge waterfall, via the A-1227, where you will
find the start of the Fuente de Tamara and el Puntillo track, and you can also visit the interesting villages of San Román, Morrano and Yaso.

The second option takes you into the Sierra de Guara, via the secondary road HU-341, in the direction of Valley of Rodellar. A well-signed path leaves right from the road and takes you to the shrine of San Martín de la Peonera, an ideal spot to enjoy the wild beauty of the countryside, and appreciate sense of the isolation and mystery which all these places possess, full of tradition and legends.

Upon reaching the Sierra de Rufas, you are rewarded with a splendid panorama over one of the large Guara canyons, the Balcés, and the Sierra de Sevil.

After traversing dark and verdant forests of wild pine, you arrive at the first villages in the valley, such as San Saturnino and Las Almunias de Rodellar. From the latter, there is an easy path, passable on foot, or by bicycle, called the Camino de la Pedruel, which offers various informative panels.

Continuing along the road, you reach the village which gives its name to the valley, Rodellar, a beautiful mountain village which has pride in its well-kept centre, located above the deep and twisting Mascún gorge. Rodellar is the departure point of numerous routes which descend into the gorges and of various footpaths, such as the Route of the Virgen del Castillo , or that which enters the Mascún canyon in order to reach the Losa Mora dolmen, Nasarre and Otín.
Bierge
Foto: CEDER Somontano

Buitres en el 'comedero' de Bierge
Foto: Mariano Olivera - Comarca del Somontano

Mascún
Foto: Ignacio Pardinilla

Rodellar
Foto: Ignacio Pardinilla
 
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