River Cigüela. Waterways



Place: Cuenca, Toledo y Ciudad Real.

Difficulty: Simple

Route: We will cover part of three provinces: Cuenca (11 towns, 83.2 km), Toledo (6 towns, 57.8 km) and Ciudad Real (6 towns, 97.2 km). It describes its 238 km distributed in four sections with the added value of linking two cities in the region, Cuenca and Ciudad Real.

More information:

  • The Gigüela River is part of the ambitious Water Roads Programme.
  • This work allows us to get to know this beautiful river in its full dimension. A silent witness to the passage of Christian repopulation troops (Order of Santiago and Order of San Juan), it has helped in the creation of villages and new settlements where man has been able to carry out his trades, has witnessed the coming and going of carts loaded with "espejuelo" in Roman times and helps to maintain large areas of wetlands, creating a lake environment that gives life to a large number of birds and fauna.