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Cross-Border Mining Route
A border crossing through the mining landscape of the Upper Douro: from the Roman galleries of the Reboredo mountains to the water-powered works that served the towns of Zamora.
Practical information
- Difficulty:
- Hard
- Duration:
- 8 h
- Distance:
- 46 km
- Price:
- 15 €
- Localities:
- Torre de Moncorvo, Zamora
Stops
- 1
Moncorvo Iron Mines
Former iron mining complex in the Reboredo mountains, one of the largest deposits in the Iberian Peninsula, with traces of extraction since Roman times.
- 2
Cabañales Watermills
Medieval watermills on the Douro river in the Cabañales quarter of Zamora, a testimony to traditional Castilian milling.