Route SL-CC 22 Convent Route

The religious landscape. We can assume that since time immemorial, there have been groups of ascetics living in isolated places in the valley. Given the attraction of these corners, Las Josefinas Convent was built in the mid-20th century with a balcony over Honduras ravine, amid screes and huge stones that are now home to modern athletic climbing routes.

This route starts by sharing a section with the GR 10 and the PR-CC 10, leaving from motorway N-110 near Cabezuela del Valle bridge. The trail flows along a road with a steep slope (old bridle path, now concrete), an old muleteer route to Valle del Ambroz, ascending to the zone called Rozo del Río and Alto de San Salvador. Here, we take a trail (Cuesta de los Prados road) and separate from the GF and PR, descending narrow spaces amid estates as far as La Luz ravine, which we follow in parallel (along a paved track) until it opens up into the river Jerte, passing through the entrance of Casas del Convento, which gives the route its name. We take the concrete road upstream as far as the starting point.

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Route: Circular
Start: Cabezuela del Valle
Finish: Gargantilla
Length: 8,82 miles
Estimated time: 5h 45min
Difficulty: Low
Height difference : 0,61 ft
Height difference : 0,52 ft

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