La Mancha’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 14

beautiful natural monuments around La Mancha. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: September 30, 2025

Laguna Grande de Villafranca de los Caballeros

We are facing the Laguna Grande in the city of Villafranca de los Caballeros, with a more than acceptable water level thanks to the recent rains.

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Cerro Calderico

It is a limestone elevation, arranged in a N-S direction forming a monocline, about 100 meters. altitude above the surrounding plain and 1,500 meters long, located next to the town …

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Laguna de Peñahueca

It is a saline wetland with a peculiar vegetation that shelters a significant number of birds: species such as the breeding population of the black-billed goose, migratory birds such as …

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Fuente del Umbrión

It is one of the few sources that we can find in the mountains that has water all year round. The water comes out cool. People from Madridejos, and even …

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Laguna Grande de Quero

This wetland known as Laguna Grande covers some 72 ha and has been exploited for many years, taking advantage of its salts and brines for different uses. Today it is …

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Lagunas de Villafranca

Las Lagunas de Villafranca are a popular recreational area among the inhabitants of the area. They have shade under the trees, picnic tables and a beach, so it can be …

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La Alberca Spring

To the south of El Romeral are the so-called Sierras de El Romeral, rocky outcrops covered with holm oaks and kermes oaks. At their feet springs of water emerge from …

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La Lagunilla

This is an artificial lake in the old Cigüela riverbed. It is a small wetland with a high landscape and natural value, in addition to the biological diversity of the …

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Laguna Larga de Villacañas

Villacañas has a Lagoon Complex with several wetlands: Laguna Larga, Laguna de Peña Hueca Natural Reserve, Laguna de Tirez Natural Reserve, Laguna La Redondilla and Laguna La Gramosa. The set …

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Tagus River Riparian Forests

The banks of the Tagus River are a dense curtain of white poplars, cottonwoods, willows, tamarisks, elms and marsh vegetation between the waterway and the extensive crop plains, an important …

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Laguna Grande de Villafranca de los Caballeros

Cerro Calderico

Laguna de Peñahueca

Fuente del Umbrión

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Lagunas de Villafranca

La Alberca Spring

La Lagunilla

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