El trabuquete guijo de santa barbara
El guijo de santa bárbara «the cradle of viriato».
In Guijo de Santa Bárbara reside more than 450 people, although its population is notably increased during weekends and holiday seasons, due to the magnificent landscapes and tourist routes that this village presents, which make it a preferred destination for rural tourism in Extremadura.
Guijo de Santa Barbara is a perfect destination for your holydays if you want to enjoy nature, party and tradition. The natural places of Guijo as Jaranda Valley allows baths in natural swimming pools such as La Vega, Calajomero or Trabuquete. Besides you can walk around the closest mountains to amazing natural places as Portilla or Campanario.
In Guijo de Santa Bárbara you can also enjoy the partys especially in August. Every year celebrations with cows (vaquillas) are celebrated around 15th August, and on this night you may go on party in the village until the morning.
Route to the Trabuquete puddle, leaving from the municipality of Guijo de Santa Bárbara, in the region of La Vera, in Extremadura. A route of about 7km round trip to the pond, passing by several bridges crossing the Jaranda gorge. For more information, here is the article on our website
El trabuquete route
Last Sunday, March 14, the Guardia Civil rescued a young man who could not continue on the Trabuquete route, in Guijo de Santa Bárbara. The young man was suffering from nausea, cramps and shortness of breath.
Agents of the Guardia Civil, belonging to the Post of Villanueva de la Vera (Cáceres) and the SEPRONA of Jarandilla de la Vera (Cáceres), started the route with the aim of reaching the young people, having to climb a rather rocky path full of vegetation, making the ascent difficult due to the absence of natural light.
During the ascent, the agents learned that a group of family and friends had reached the place where the young people were and had begun the descent, being located all of them, around 21:00 hours, about 6.5 kilometers away from the starting point of the route.
After checking the condition of the young man and providing them with drink and some food as well as warm clothing, the agents distributed flashlights and organized the descent to the nearest town. The descent was made difficult by the absence of natural light and the conditions of the terrain, in addition to the fact that the young man, who was being carried, was suffering from nausea, cramps and lack of air, which forced him to make continuous stops.
Jumps in the trabuquete
As I told you at the beginning of this post, I was very surprised by the amount of monuments that this town preserves. It must be true what they say that you have to go without expectations to places to be surprised. And it is not that I was not interested in this town, on the contrary, but I had seen hardly anything about it and I let myself be surprised.
And if Guijo de Santa Bárbara is famous for something, it is for the elaboration of liqueurs and jams. You will find in their stores herbal liqueurs, cherry liqueurs, raspberry liqueurs…. and the well-known Gloria liqueur. Besides, they also have a great variety of homemade jams. We bought the red fruit and fig jam. They were spectacular.
To enjoy the gastronomy of Verata, you can’t miss on your table some good migas, a rinran, a gazpacho or a lamb stew. Don’t you know where to eat these typical dishes? Well, here are some places:
We are going to the trabuquette | cáceres, spain ⛰️ | route
The route starts at the Town Hall Square of Guijo de Santa Bárbara at 09:00 am and passes by the hermitage-refuge of Las Nieves, the Campanario spot and the Trabuquete puddle. The route has a distance of 12 km with a medium difficulty, suitable for everyone.
The registration fee is 10 euros, although the deadline for registration has been until March 28, sure you can still find out about it in the phone number on the poster and see if there are vacancies or availability of the route.
On Thursday August 5 you have an appointment in Jaraíz de la Vera with a new edition of the «Ruta Nocturna en Jaraíz» JaraízNaturalezaCulturaPatrimonio. DISTANCE: 8 Kms – DIFFICULTY: Low. DURATION: 1 h and 45′ approx. [READ MORE].
