Serranía Baja

The Cabriel valley

The Serranía Baja is the east of the province, where the mountains open into the Cabriel valley and approach Valencia and Teruel. Almost all of it is within the Valle del Cabriel Biosphere Reserve. Gorges, rodeno, the red sandstone of the south-east, and pine forests alternate with cereal fields, and water leaves places such as the Chorreras del Cabriel in Víllora, the lake at Talayuelas and the lakes of Cañada del Hoyo.

Moya was a walled town and head of a lordship and marquisate; today it is abandoned. Its territory reached Pajarón, Landete, Henarejos, Fuentelespino de Moya and Reíllo, and it is recalled by the castles of Cardenete, Cañete, Alcalá de la Vega, Algarra and Enguídanos.

What memory tells

• The first traces. The paintings of Villar del Humo, a World Heritage Site since 1998. Rock art shelters.
• Iberians and Celtiberians. The Cueva Santa del Cabriel, a sanctuary from the 5th to the 2nd century BC; the burial mounds of Pajaroncillo; the silver hoard of Salvacañete.
• The guerrilla. Santa Cruz de Moya has the AGLA memory centre. The guerrilla in the Serranía.
• Those who left. The 33 municipalities totalled 32,846 inhabitants in 1950 and 8,384 in 2021, 74% fewer. Depopulation.

Exploring the area

The GR-66 long-distance trail follows the Cabriel through several valley villages, although in 2026 it was listed as temporarily suspended. The rock art shelters and Chorreras have their own access rules: check them before you go.