Extremadura Guide Eng 2016

P LASENCIA / M ONFRAGÜE / C AMPO A RAÑUELO

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The characteristic landscape of these lands irrigated by the Tajo river and its tributaries Jerte, Amonte and Tiétar is the dehesa in its best exponent, with wide extensions of holm oak and cork oak woods, where a very abundant, special fauna coexists. The fluvial thickets formed around the beds of the rivers we named before stand out due to its outstanding beauty. As a result of the excellent weather of these latitudes, you can observe a characteristic flora of the Extremaduran dehesa, as well as some other species typical from the

Campo Arañuelo makes up this zone in the east of Ex- tremadura, in the middle of the Monfragüe National Park and the localities around the carriageway A-66 and N-630 road to the west, from Cañaveral to Plasencia, whose route meets most part of the historical Vía de la Plata. The most importat communication ways of Ex- tremadura, the dual carriageways A-5 and A-66, that links the whole west of Estremadura withAndalusia and Castilla- León, pass by them.

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