La Raya BTT Route
- Route code
- CCL-TRA-004
- Journey
- Circular
- Way
- By bike (4.5 h.)
- Length
- 47.1 kms.
- Ascent slope
- 1,350 m.
- Difficulty of the route
- Medium-High
The border route with Portugal, popularly known as "La Raya", runs through the towns of Trabazos , Nuez , San Martín del Pedroso , Latedo and Villarino Tras La Sierra , on a demanding route close to the border with Portugal, located within the Park. Natural of Montesinho , which is delimited by the Manzanas River between steep banks that gives the area a typical Mediterranean microclimate.
The route runs through a relief dotted with moderate slopes that provides boxed-in and spectacular landscapes.
The masses of repopulated pine forests and chestnut trees alternating with rebollo oaks, meadows and orchards, create a diversity of landscapes and ecosystems , where the roe deer , the wild cat , the deer and the Iberian wolf find refuge, which finds refuge in these lands. expansion paths. In the streams and Manzanas River, otter sightings are still relatively abundant.
The traditional architecture still presents the sobriety of the lands of Aliste, with houses made of slate, stone and wood equipped with its characteristic upper floor with a wooden balcony used as a home, and a lower floor as a shelter for livestock, straw, firewood and farming tools.
Chestnut growing and wild mushrooms have been, and continue to be, a source of wealth for the people of these lands.
In the town of Trabazos there is a mountain bike center where 3 routes converge, "La Raya", "La Caduerna", and the "Camino de Santiago Portugues de la Vía de la Plata", which runs for about 10 kilometers towards the town. Portuguese from Quintanilha.
Get to know the surroundings
Address and map location
- Postal address Trabazos. Zamora
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