Top 12 Natural Monuments around Villarejo De Salvanés

The Cueva de la Sima is an old quarry of gypsum and building materials that was sometimes used by shepherds as a cattle corral. The place is a circular pit about fifteen metres deep, with a small shelter on one side, and should not be confused with the nearby Cueva de Pedro Fernández or Sima de las Yeseras, a gallery of several kilometres with remains from the Manchego Bronze Age that is closed to the public.

Peña Bermeja is a good geological observation point to appreciate the reliefs that have developed through river erosion over the last thirty million years, after the withdrawal of the immense sea that covered the entire territory. The cliffs of Peña Bermeja are common formations on the highest edges of the valleys, appearing in the limestones of the moorland that occupy the stratum located between the high plains and the slopes of impermeable marl and gypsum that fall towards the plain. In many places these limestone walls have been used to exploit stone quarries.

The caves of the primitive Carpetanian settlement of Caraca are a window in time, from the first Carpetanian inhabitants to the present day, representing the different cultures that have populated the Tajuña valley over time. The current state shows the deterioration typical of a hillside made of marl and gypsum that is brittle and easily eroded. In the time of the Carpetanians, it was a troglodyte settlement with interior passages that connected different galleries, had water channels, warehouses and houses protected from intruders at a certain height from the ground, accessed by ladders and ropes. In the middle of the last century, the Risco de las Cuevas was the setting for several films.

Vaciabotas Dam This is the dam or weir where the Caz del Molino takes its water from the Tajuña River. It is also known as the Azud del Molino and is one of the irrigation channels of the Madrid plain. The dam's waterfall is next to the old Molino Nuevo or Molino de la Isla, which is privately owned and documented in the Topographic Relations of Felipe II. The riverbank is a cool environment of giant trees and riverside vegetation. The irrigation channel and the course of the Tajuña are separated by the dam and until they meet again at the Puente del Palo they form the island that gives the place its name. In the area of Tielmes there are the Presón weirs, the Presa del Marqués and the Cantarranas Molino waterfall, all of Islamic origin.

The Fuente de la Pajarita in Colmenar de Oreja is a historic fountain located on the old road to Aranjuez. This fountain has a spout that pours water into a box used as a watering trough for livestock. Although its flow is low, its waters are known for being very salty and, in the past, were used for medicinal purposes as a purgative.

Brackish water spring on the old cobbled road of Aranjuez. It has a low-flow spout used in other times for its medicinal properties and a large pond used mainly as a watering trough for cattle and horses.