Very nice area to travel by road bike, with some unevenness, but affordable. It is located between Cieza and Calasparra, so it is a good area of passage to link both municipalities.
A protected natural space where you can observe many birds, such as the mallard, red duck, shoveler, pochard and gaddle, common coot, moorhen, rail, bastard crake, egret, cattle egret, the great sandpiper, stilt, and the small snipe.
It is an impressive pharaonic work about 84 meters high. The concrete mass was built during the Franco dictatorship to stop the horrible floods in the Segura valley and build a hydroelectric plant.
Its construction was completed in 1964 and it is used mainly for crop irrigation, although it is also used for hydroelectric power generation. In addition, it is a place where …