Paco Nadal
The old, deep Spain
Few regions of Spain carry such strong connotations as Las Hurdes. The terrain is rough and inaccessible and it was a backwards and almost totally forgotten region of Extremadura until relatively recently. Since then, the scene has changed dramatically and what was once a journey to the end of the earth is now a scenic and enjoyable escape to one of Extremadura’s most emblematic stretches of countryside. Las Hurdes is no longer the strange and mysterious land of Buñuel films. Yes, modernity has finally arrived at this little corner of Cáceres.
From Coria you take the EX204 until Pinofranqueado, the southern entrance to Las Hurdes and the largest town in the area. This is where you’ll find the Las Hurdes Documentation Center.
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