Place · Cuenca
Collado de la Nava, Valdecabras
Collado de la Nava is the high point of the itinerary from Valdecabras, a hamlet of Cuenca: a pine-forested paramera, high open limestone plateau, at about 1,400 m, with old livestock shelters and small dolostone forms called stone mushrooms, resembling the tormos of nearby Ciudad Encantada.
- Municipality
- Cuenca
- Collado de la Nava
- Valdecabras
- Livestock shelters
- Dolostone
- Paramera
After following the Valdecabras river upstream, the itinerary from this hamlet of Cuenca leaves the riverside and climbs to Collado de la Nava. Above the land levels into a pine-covered paramera, a high open limestone plateau, at about 1,400 m, with old tinadas, covered pens where livestock was kept.
Among the pines emerge stone mushrooms: small dolostone forms eroded into narrow stems and broad heads, smaller relatives of the tormos, isolated rock towers, of Ciudad Encantada.
Plan your visit
Before you travel
Do not touch or climb rock forms: they break. Livestock may be in the shelters.
Combine with
The Las Marimorenas viewpoints on the descent.
Frequently asked questions
What are the stone mushrooms?
Small dolostone forms shaped by erosion, resembling some tormos, isolated rock towers, at Ciudad Encantada.
Carry on from here
Lands and landscapes
From here, follow the memory of the land
These readings connect Collado de la Nava, Valdecabras with the stories, the work and the villages around it.
- Serranía MediaZone of the Serranía →
- Complejo Lagunar del río Moscas micro-reserveProtected area in the municipality →
- Cueva de los Morceguillos micro-reserveProtected area in the municipality →
- Nacimiento del río Cuervo Natural MonumentProtected area in the municipality →
- Palancares y Tierra Muerta Natural MonumentProtected area in the municipality →
- Serranía de Cuenca Natural ParkProtected area in the municipality →
- Serranía de Cuenca SAC and SPA (ES4230014)Protected area in the municipality →
Where it is
Where the data on this page come from
- Name
- Cadena SER Cuenca; Asociación Cultural CuenCANP source consulted, 5 October 2026
- Municipality (INE code)
- Cadena SER Cuenca; Asociación Cultural CuenCANP source consulted, 5 October 2026
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