Guide for Extremadura - Western Spain

This is a short guide for the regional zones in Extremadura - Western Spain area. You can take it as a start point to plan your trip to western Spain. This guide includes a resume of monuments, history, culture and a reference for lodging: rural houses, apartments and hotels.

Extremadura is a wide region located in the western Spain area, just in the border of Portugal.

Winter in this region is not so cold, it has Mediterranean climate, with long and mild winters because the proximity of the Atlantic coast of Portugal. Maybe, the north of Caceres or the mountain ranges at Guadalupe (at the east) are places with lower temperatures, but the average temperature in winter is over 8ºC. Summers are hot and dry, with temperatures up to 40ºC some days, mainly in Badajoz (south of Extremadura)

Since first settlers arrived to this land (many thousands years ago) this region was always a very valued place, located in an strategic area, with a relatively smooth climate and a perfect land for farming and stockbreeding. Many cultures and civilizations have lived in this land: prehistoric civilizations, pre-Roman cultures, Romans, Visigods, Arabs, Cristian..

In the XIX century and first part of XX century, Extremadura was a region with a very limited level of industrialization. Also, the population density in the area is very low. Those factors have allowed that many zones of Extremadura have preserved the original nature for centuries and traditional farming lands, mainly the vast expanse of wood pastures called dehesas. Extremadura is the region of Western Europe with the highest percentage of Important Bird Areas, so it is the perfect place for birdwatching.

Extremadura has two provinces: Cáceres and Badajoz. And there are many regional zones, each of one with its own culture, traditions, history, monuments, gastronomy..

Every zone offers to the visitor unique and variated points of interest: ancient monuments, culture and tratidions preserved for centuries, nature: rivers, mountains, dehesas.. zones for birdwatching, for hicking or simply for relax.

This guide try to show a little snapshot of each zone.

Please, clic over the map to see info about the zones in each division on the map, or clic over the links located below.

• Guide for zones located in the north-west part of Extremadura (western part of Caceres province): Sierra de Gata, Valley of Alagón, Tajo-Salor, Almonte and Sierra de San Pedro, Llanos de Cáceres, Montánchez and Tamuja
• Guide for zones located in the north-east part of Extremadura (eastern part of Caceres province): Las Villuercas, Ibores and Campo Arañuelo, Tierras de Trujillo and Miajadas, Monfrague National Park and Tierras de Plasencia, La Vera, Valley of Jerte, Valle of Ambroz, Las Hurdes and Tierras de Granadilla
• Guide for zones located in the south-west part of Extremadura (western part of Badajoz province): Sierra Suroeste, Tentudía, Zafra-Río Bodión, Tierra de Barros and Sierra Grande de Hornachos, Tierras de Mérida (Emerita Augusta), Los Baldíos, Lácara, Llanos de Badajoz and Olivenza
• Guide for zones located in the south-east part of Extremadura (eastern part of Badajoz Province): Campiña Sur, La Serena, Vegas Altas del Guadiana and Siberia

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