Cañón del Río Lobos Natural Park, Natural park in Soria Province, Spain
Cañón del Río Lobos is a natural park in Soria Province, Spain, extending along a deep limestone gorge shaped by the Lobos River. Rock walls rise up to 100 meters (330 feet) above the riverbed and frame narrow trails through pine forests and open valleys.
The area became protected in 1985 after local communities pushed for conservation of the limestone formations and river watershed. The gorge itself formed over millions of years through erosion of the soft rock by the waters of the Lobos River.
The hermitage of San Bartolomé dates from the 13th century and shows Romanesque arches set among the rock walls. Visitors enter a space once used by the Templars, where quiet acoustics and plain stone surfaces remain intact.
Three main entrances from Hontoria del Pinar, Puente de los Siete Ojos, and Ucero lead into the park interior and connect different trails and viewpoints. Sturdy footwear is necessary on rocky paths, and water supplies should be carried, as there are no facilities inside the gorge.
Over a hundred caves run through the limestone walls, some accessible to experienced climbers and speleologists. Underground watercourses emerge at several points as clear springs and nourish moss cushions and ferns along the rock crevices.
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