Tourist Attractions in Extremadura

Extremadura is the western continuation of the Meseta, but in this region the tableland is more deeply slashed by the trough valleys of the Tagus and Guadiana and their tributaries. On the north it is separated from Castilla y León by the Sierra de Gata, the Sierra de Béjar and the Sierra de Gredos. It falls away towards Andalusia in the gently sloping Sierra Morena, and is divided by the Sierra de Guadalupe into Extremadura Alta (Upper Extremadura) and Extremadura Baja (Lower Extremadura).

The region is dry, and much of it is covered with stony moorland, particularly at the foot of the Sierra de Gata.