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The beautiful Fuente del Arca (Ark Fountain) is one of the historic springs of the Tajuña Valley. It lies along the Cordel de las Merinas, a notable drove road used during the transhumance era, and for centuries it was one of the main sources of drinking water for the town of Ambite. The basin itself is a small water garden, nestled in a pleasant setting of poplars, fig trees, willows, elms, and plants associated with springs, such as the maidenhair fern, a fern unique to the region.

Villar del Olmo is a well-kept and welcoming village, located at the head of the Vega stream, an agricultural valley between the slopes of Mediterranean scrubland where the landscapes of the Las Vegas and Alcarria regions of Madrid meet. It is a transit area between towns, valleys, moors and countryside. The Plaza Mayor is a beautiful Castilian-style space, which centres the dynamics of the village. It has whitewashed facades, stone arcades, a historic fountain, the Town Hall and the parish church, and next to them the Casa del Maestro and the schools. In the lowest part of the village, between the urban complex and the neighbourhoods of modern houses of Las Suertes and La Trinidad, there is the Fuente de San Isidro and a poplar declared a Singular Tree by the Community of Madrid. It is about twenty metres high and is almost one hundred years old.

The caves of the primitive Carpetanian settlement of Caraca are a window in time, from the first Carpetanian inhabitants to the present day, representing the different cultures that have populated the Tajuña valley over time. The current state shows the deterioration typical of a hillside made of marl and gypsum that is brittle and easily eroded. In the time of the Carpetanians, it was a troglodyte settlement with interior passages that connected different galleries, had water channels, warehouses and houses protected from intruders at a certain height from the ground, accessed by ladders and ropes. In the middle of the last century, the Risco de las Cuevas was the setting for several films.

Vaciabotas Dam This is the dam or weir where the Caz del Molino takes its water from the Tajuña River. It is also known as the Azud del Molino and is one of the irrigation channels of the Madrid plain. The dam's waterfall is next to the old Molino Nuevo or Molino de la Isla, which is privately owned and documented in the Topographic Relations of Felipe II. The riverbank is a cool environment of giant trees and riverside vegetation. The irrigation channel and the course of the Tajuña are separated by the dam and until they meet again at the Puente del Palo they form the island that gives the place its name. In the area of Tielmes there are the Presón weirs, the Presa del Marqués and the Cantarranas Molino waterfall, all of Islamic origin.

The Arca spring is a historic spring in Ambite, located in the Arca ravine next to the Cordel de las Merinas. The structure of the fountain has been restored and with the benches and the shade of the trees it creates a welcoming space.

This source has an important historical significance, since the first inhabitants of the town settled around this spring, located in the heart of the alcarria.

Being under this holm oak is impressive, its branches are spread out in an almost perfect diameter, they provide shelter and shade, the ground is flat and only littered by a few acorns and leaves, it is located in the middle of a carved esplanade with impressive views, and it has been here for more than a thousand years. or so the locals say and the thickness of its trunk and branches.

Cozy town in the region of Las Vegas, has hiking trails and is known as the door of the Alcarria of Madrid. A nice place is the Fuente de San Isidro, with a monumental poplar 20 meters high and almost a century old.