Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Extremadura
Detourmap lists 47 places in Extremadura, Spain, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Alcántara Bridge. 39 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 47
- Oldest
- Dolmen of Guadalperal 1999 BC
- Little known
- 39 of 47
- Share of Spain
- 2%
Extremadura 47
All 47, best known first.
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3.Augusta Emerita
Archaeological · 1st century BC · Notable
Roman colony near modern-day Mérida, Spain
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7.Dolmen of Guadalperal
Archaeological · 20th century BC · Notable
Dolmen in Peraleda de la Mata, Spain
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14.Talavera la Vieja
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Human settlement in Cáceres Province, Extremadura, Spain
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34.Plaza de toros de Navalmoral de la Mata
Archaeological · 21st century · Hidden gem
Bullring in Navalmoral de la Mata, Spain
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35.plaza de toros de Plasencia
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
Bullring in Plasencia, Spain
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36.Reserva natural Garganta de los Infiernos
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Protected area in Spain
Elsewhere in Spain
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Extremadura?
Alcántara Bridge. Roman bridge over the Tagus in Extremadura. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Extremadura?
47: 39 archaeological & historic sites and 8 nature & landscapes. 39 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Extremadura?
Dolmen of Guadalperal, dated to 1999 BC. 12 of the 47 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Extremadura here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Extremadura if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Extremadura is a first-level division of Spain, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.