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Monsanto
The 'most Portuguese village in Portugal,' where houses are built between and beneath enormous granite boulders on a remote hilltop.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Extremadura, Spain · Europe
Mata de Alcántara sits on the route: 10 minutes from Alcántara, 60km from Marvao.
Mata de Alcántara is a town located in Extremadura, Spain. With a population of 315, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Mata de Alcántara sits in Spain, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Madrid time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Mata de Alcántara to your route.
The Alcántara Dam, also known as the José María de Oriol Dam, is a buttress dam on the Tagus River near Alcántara in the province of Cáceres, Spain. It is named after the politician and captain of the Spanish electricity industry José María de Oriol y Urquijo. The dam regulates much of the flow of the Tagus River, theRead more
longest of the Iberian Peninsula. It was built in 1969 and is the second largest reservoir in Western Europe. In 2024, a pumped-storage project was approved to use the Alcántara reservoir as the upper reservoir, and Cedillo as the lower, with around 100 m height difference serving two reversible turbines at a combined 440 MW.
The Roman Alcántara Bridge is located 600 m downstream from the dam.
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Mata de Alcántara is located in Extremadura, Spain, Europe. The coordinates are 39.7174 latitude, -6.8182 longitude.
Mata de Alcántara has a population of approximately 315 people, making it a town in Spain.
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Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
Full driving guide for Spain3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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The 'most Portuguese village in Portugal,' where houses are built between and beneath enormous granite boulders on a remote hilltop.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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UNESCO-listed walled quarter where Roman, Moorish, Gothic and Renaissance stone palaces stand almost unchanged, their towers crowned with white stork nests. Game of Thrones used its lanes as King's Landing.
47 km · about 55 min drive
castle
A tiny medieval walled village spectacularly perched atop a granite crag in the Serra de Sao Mamede, near the Spanish border.
60 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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