What to do in Guadalajara

Guadalajara is a province where the relief stretches from the mountains down to the Alcarria plateau, passing through the canyons of the Alto Tajo. The Alto Tajo Natural Park concentrates most of the canyoning offering: the Tajo Tinto, Bullones and Arandilla gorges have beginner and intermediate sectors, with clean-water pools and limestone rock walls that in some places exceed 80 metres in height. The active season runs from April to October, and accessibility from Madrid — under 2 hours on the A-2 motorway — makes this area a reference for weekend canyoning. Tejera Negra Beech Forest, in the municipality of Cantalojas, is the southernmost beech forest on the Iberian Peninsula. Around 600 hectares of Fagus sylvatica that shift from deep green to orange and yellow between late September and mid-November. Access to the natural park has controlled capacity in autumn; the main trails (PR-GU 50 and PR-GU 51) cover about 12 km with minimal elevation gain. For climbing, the via ferrata sector at Molina de Aragón offers installed routes on limestone with sections of up to 150 metres and several difficulty levels. Road cycling along the Ruta de la Seda — connecting Guadalajara city to Sigüenza through the Alcarria — is a route of about 100 km with medieval villages and Visigothic monasteries as landmarks. The Sierra Norte of Guadalajara, with the Ucero reservoir and the Hiendelaencina pine forests, rounds out the offering with mountain biking routes on varied terrain.