Better known by local people as “El swamp del Rasillo” or “El Pantano de Ortigosa”, it is located at an altitude of 1,000 meters, surrounded by pine forests, in the Sierra de Cameros in La Rioja. There are good views, and the possibility of bathing, sunbathing, eating and having a drink.
Known as Pantano de Ortigosa or Embalse de González-Lacasa, the dam is located between the towns of Ortigosa de Cameros, El Rasillo and Peñaloscintos, in Camero Nuevo.
The reservoir is located on the Alberco river, although its waters come from the Iregua river, where the water is transferred through an underground channel from downstream of Villoslada.