Dolmen Culture Interpretation Centre
When you leave the centre of the burial mound, pop into the nearby Buraco shelter to see the cave paintings and some breathtaking views, look for the three dolmens at Era de la Laguna, or head up to the Barco del Tajo to keep watch over the border from the water.

Well, yes, where today you see holm oaks and silence, Thousands of years ago, there were people lifting giant stones like someone putting together an IKEA flat-pack… but without the instructions.

To understand what this whole business of large stones or megaliths is all about, you need to visit the modern Dolmen Culture interpretation centre, a genuine 21st-century burial mound with a passageway that takes you straight into the world of megaliths.

The plan here is pure visual spectacle: projections, displays, information panels and technology to explain how some people moved huge blocks of granite to bury their kin.

Got any spare batteries? Out and about, you can treat yourself to a megalith in the Era de la Laguna o climb up to the Buraco Cave to see the cave paintings. A rocky visit like few others.

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