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Natural setting:
Alternating cereal crop fields, oak groves and dense pine forests. The Sierra de Cabrejas mountains fill the southern skyline between Golmayo and Cabrejas (SCI Sabinares Sierra de Cabrejas). Pita de Abejar beach. The juniper clad foothills of El Enebral, the La Fuentona upwelling, and the La Cuerda del Pozo reservoir at Cabrejas del Pinar. Urbión National Game Reserve and Cañón del Río Lobos (River Lobos Canyon) Natural Park.
Cultural heritage:
Soria. Extensive monumental site. Old city centre declared a Site of Cultural Interest (BIC).
Golmayo. Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church, bridge and Roman road, Monjía fortified monastery, La Cuenca ethnological site, and La Natividad Church at Nafria La Llana.
Cidones. Casas de Indianos (colonial style mansions) and San Miguel Church
Abejar. Traditional style houses, El Camino Chapel, and San Juan Bautista Church
Cabrejas del Pinar. Castle ruins, Castro del Pico fort, San Millán Church, and La Blanca and Santa Ana Chapels.
Navaleno. Stone mansions in the Triana district, San Esteban Protomártir Church, and San Roque Chapel..
Casarejos. San Ildefonso Church
San Leonardo de Yangüe. Castro del Arenal fort and San Leonardo castle-palace, San Leonardo Abad Church, funeral steles, chapels, and Casa de los Ferrones (Blacksmiths’ House). Nearby Arganza features the San Juan Degollado Church and several examples of traditional houses of the region.
Hontoria del Pinar. La Asunción de Nuestra Señora Church, San Roque and San Juan Chapels, bridge and Roman fountain and Rollo de Justicia (Column of Justice).
Infrastructure: Greenway. Kilometre markers and underpasses under roads. Rest areas.
Facilities: Benches, railings, bollards, litter bins, information panels, and directional signage.
Facilities at stations: Hontoria del Pinar Station (Burgos): Hostel.
Also near Soria, the railway halt at Toledillo, Ocenilla, Abejar Station and other stations have been fitted out as rest areas with information panels, picnic tables, and bike parking.
Access points:
Access 1 (eastern end): southwestern part of the city of Soria. Ronda del Duero.
Access 2: Ocenilla.
Access 3: Abejar Station.
Access 4. San Leonardo de Yangüe Station.
Access 5 (western end): Hontoria del Pinar Station.
How to get there:
Train:
El Cañuelo railway station (Soria city). Renfe. Tel. 902 240 202; www.renfe.es. Check on terms and conditions for taking bikes on board trains.
Bus:
Autocares Therpasa. Soria-Burgos line (via Navaleno). Stopping at Soria, Toledillo, Ocenilla, Cidones, Villaverde, Herreros, Abejar, Cabrejas, Navaleno, San Leonardo de Yangüe, and Hontoria del Pinar. Tel. 976 304 080; www.therpasa.es
Connections:
Soria
Burgos: 81 km to Hontoria del Pinar.
Information and Tourism:
Managing entity:
Casarejos Town Council. Tel. 975 372 055
Connections with other routes:
The greenway connects with the River Lobos Canyon Route and the Way of St James in Soria.
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