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This section is popular with cyclists due to the allure of the tunnels and the gorge carved by the old railway line through the gypsum and esparto grass hillsides and ravines. The railway tunnels and cuttings are impressive constructions, both for their design and their railway efficiency. They facilitate the passage of trains across steep terrain and maintain a gentle, accessible gradient in challenging areas, with raised sections of the ground to reduce noise and visual impact in environmentally sensitive locations.

The white and blue signs of the Camino de Uclés are paired with the yellow arrows of the Camino de Santiago de Uclés, one of the variants of the Jacobean routes that leaves for Santiago de Compostela from the Monastery of Uclés, one of the heads (Caput Ordinis) of the Order of Santiago from the 13th century.

In the agricultural wastelands of Valdaracete, a striking journey towards the Tagus River begins through a curious landscape of clay hills and whitish marls in a desert and steppe environment, especially in the hard slides of Cerro de la Muela, a desert in Las Vegas, where the gypsum gullies that can become hell for pedaling on rainy days. The sensation of navigating a bicycle through distant and exotic latitudes ends when the road leaves the valley of the Valle stream, passes through the A-3 tunnel and ends in Fuentidueña de Tajo.

The castle of Zorita de los Canes stands on a hill on one of the banks of the Tagus River. It is a fortification of Arab origin built in the 9th century.

Recópolis is an archaeological site located near Zorita de los Canes. Here are the ruins of an ancient Visigothic city.

A typical Gothic castle whose current shape was arranged by the masters of the Order of Calatrava, inside which we will find interesting remains from the different periods in which it was occupied. The Iron Gate, the result of the reforms of Caliph Al-Nasir in the 10th century; the Priory Church of San Benito inside the enclosure; the crypt with a Visigothic Corinthian capital, reused as a baptismal font; the Sala del Moro, covered by a hemispherical ashlar vault; the Torre del Espolón, adaptation to the use of artillery, from the s. XVI; the cistern; the Omega room, with two rooms excavated in the rock, a ribbed plaster vault and a bench running along the walls; the watchtower And all this, in the surroundings of the Visigothic city of Recópolis.

Fortification located in the Spanish municipality of Zorita de los Canes (Guadalajara). It is located on the hill under which the town is located, on the left bank of the Tagus River. Strategically located, the fortress began to be built at the end of the 9th century by order of the Cordovan emir Mohamed I. It was ceded by Alfonso VIII of Castile to the Order of Calatrava in 1174.2 It was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument on June 3, 1931.

This impressive medieval castle is partially rehabilitated, although it is not currently possible to access its interior. The roads that surround it are good to navigate and offer stunning views of both the castle and the banks of the Tagus. Upon arrival in the town of Zorita de los Canes, you can see the majestic castle.