Sierra de Béjar

The Sierra de Béjar rises south of Salamanca at the western end of the Gredos mountains. Its high granite ridges are broken by valleys and hollows carved by ancient glaciers, including the cirques of Hoya Moros and Peña Negra de Becedas. Snow and streams from these heights feed the rivers below, while the passes between the mountains have long connected the Salamanca country with the valleys of northern Extremadura.