Countryside | Losmolinos

The true glory of Los Molinos is the surrounding countryside. It's mostly used as grazing land for cattle, in a traditional managed landscape known as dehesa, combining grass and trees, mainly ash trees, holm oaks and Pyrenean oaks. Cattle roam free, sometimes in fenced-in plots, sometimes not. You occasionally see the farmers rounding up a stray cow on their horses. Delightful lanes and paths criss-cross this land in all directions often between dry stone walls, in some cases following the official medieval routes of the migrating herds of merino sheep of La Mesta.



This ancient-looking shrine was actually built by holiday-makers in the 1960s.



	Ash trees are severely pruned at the end of the summer, when grass becomes scarce, to feed cattle with the leaves.
		The cambroño (adenocarpus hispanicus) is a bush endemic to this area. In the spring its flowers cover the hillsides in yellow.
		Massive granite boulders, known as berruecos, are ubiquitous in this area.

This ancient-looking shrine was actually built by holiday-makers in the 1960s.

Ash trees are severely pruned at the end of the summer, when grass becomes scarce, to feed cattle with the leaves.

The cambroño (adenocarpus hispanicus) is a bush endemic to this area. In the spring its flowers cover the hillsides in yellow.

Massive granite boulders, known as berruecos, are ubiquitous in this area.