The stag's bell in Palencia
- Position
- Palencia province
- Type of route
- Weekend
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A route that allows visitors to enjoy the province of Palencia’s countryside and observe male deer in their natural habitat. It starts with the Reservoir Route that runs from Cervera de Pisuerga to Velilla, taking visitors through magnificent settings where they will have the chance to examine every detail close up.
In the narrow valley visitors will be able to hear the call of the deer and observe them in their habitat either through binoculars or a telescope. The route also takes in other sites such as Aguilar de Campoo which has a magnificent Romanesque Interpretation Centre.
This route also includes the following sites of interest: the viewpoints at La Varga and La Varga Alba de los Cardaños, the Fuentes Carrionas and Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina Visitor Centre in Cervera de Pisuerga, Salinas de Pisuerga Bridge and the Monastery of Santa María la Real in Aguilar de Campoo.
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Palencia Mountain Nature ParkMore informationDiscover the Palencia Mountain Nature Park, an unknown treasure in the north of Palencia. This unique mountain range, with peaks such as Curavacas and Espigüete, offers an impressive landscape of needles,...
Protected Landscape and Natural Monument of Las TuercesMore informationExplore Las Tuerces, an impressive karst landscape shaped by the action of water on limestone rock. Discover the Las Tuerces Labyrinth, a network of corridors and alleys between blocks of rock, and marvel...
Castro de Monte CildáMore informationThe Castro del Monte Cildá is dated in the 1st century BC, in it important archaeological remains have been located, such as remains of Cantabrian settlements from the Iron Age and later Roman times. Today...
Castle of guilar de CampooMore informationThe walls and the castle of the Manrique family were built in the 15th century on a previous structure.The castle was erected on top of a Celt-Iberian vernacular structure and became an important fortress...
Church / Hermitage of Santa CeciliaMore informationLocated on the slopes of the hill that crowns the old Castle of Aguilar, this current chapel was during the Middle Age one of the three parishes that the villa hadThe building with three naves with a tower...
Collegiate of San MiguelMore informationThe church has three spacious pointed naves and dates back to the visigothic times. It was rebuilt in the 11th century.The main front is Romanesque and the original Gothic altarpiece was replaced by a...
Convent of Santa ClaraMore informationOn the right bank of the Pisuerga River, at the bottom of a walk and surrounded by countryside, solemn and stately is the Convent of Santa Clara. It was founded in the XV century by the Franciscans. It...
Monastery of Santa Maria la RealMore informationAccording to an ancient legend, the origins of this monastery date back to the early 9th century, when the inhabitants of the northern mountain ranges gradually began to migrate towards the plains of the...
Museum Collegiate San Miguel ArcangelMore informationThe collegiate church in which various tombs from the fifteenth and sixteenth century have been preserved, such as the tomb of the Marqueses de Aguilar. Both the Sala Capitular (chapterhouse) and the sacristy...