Attractions and Places To See around Valdeprado - Top 20

Small and pretty town, area with lots of interesting mountain bike trails

San Pedro Manrique is a municipality in Soria in the Tierras Altas region, in the community of Castilla y León. Its origin dates back to the Celts, Vascones, Iberians and Romans. With the passage of time, other neighboring towns such as Sarnago, Las Fuentes de San Pedro, Matasejún, Palacio de San Pedro, Taniñe, Valdenegrillos and Ventosa de San Pedro have been incorporated into the municipal area. San Pedro Manrique is well known for his particular way of celebrating San Juan Day. On the night of San Juan the well-known "paso del fuego" is carried out, in which the embers of a bonfire are stepped on by the town's natives, barefoot and carrying someone on their backs. Among its heritage, the hermitage of the Virgen de la Peña, the church of San Miguel, the remains of a castle on the outskirts and the ruins of the convent of San Pedro el Viejo stand out.

Magaña Castle is a medieval fortress located on a hill overlooking the town of the same name, in the province of Soria, Tierras Altas region, community of Castilla y León. It is believed to have been built during two stages throughout the 15th century. The inner enclosure would be built in the first stage, and the outer barrier in a second. Due to its architectural characteristics, it belongs to the typology of stately castle of the Valladolid school, very common in the north of Castile in the second half of the 15th century.

Montenegro de Ágreda is a town belonging to the municipality of Matalebreras, in the province of Soria, region of Moncayo, in the community of Castilla y León. It stands out for the church of Nuestra Señora de la Blanca, a proto-Gothic fortified church from the 13th century that took advantage of the structure of an old Berber tower in its construction.

Matalebreras is a municipality in the province of Soria, in the Moncayo region, in the community of Castilla y León. It was established as a constitutional municipality with the name of Matalebrera, with 90 homes and 269 neighbors in 1842. Of its heritage, the Gothic church of San Pedro Apóstol from the 18th century stands out, although it preserves a chapel and the nave from the 16th century. Another unique building is the Mozarabic tower, today in ruins, in addition to three emblazoned houses from the 17th-18th centuries, one of them belonging to the Marquis of Velamazán.

Magaña is one of those towns that surprises you greatly the first time you go. It is located on a promontory above the Alhama River valley and at the highest part stands the Nava del Marqués castle, built in the 15th century from a 10th century Berber tower. From the castle wall you can see a beautiful panoramic view of the town, in the foreground the church of San Martín de Tours stands out, built in the 16th century on a Romanesque hermitage.

In Montenegro de Ágreda, the ancient fortified church of Nuestra Señora de la Blanca remains standing, built at the end of the 12th century, attached to a Berber defensive tower, from the 10th century. Another jewel of the Romanesque style that spread throughout the medieval border lands .

Remains of the oldest population settlements in La Rioja, located on the right bank of the Alhama river. The pelendones, a Celtiberian people, settled in Contrebia Leukade in the Iron Age and built a fortification, urbanizing the land and building their houses carved into the rock. Later, during the second half of the 4th century B.C. Different tribes arrived that expanded the town and reinforced it with a deep ditch dug into the rock and a wall that surrounded the entire city. This spectacular archaeological site can be toured with a guided tour. It is mandatory to book by phone (941 19 71 19) or by email (contrebialeucade@gmail.com).