The Alberche is a river in the provinces of

Ávila Ávila (, , ) is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Ávila. It lies on the right bank of the Adaja river. Located more than 1,130 m abov ...

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

and Toledo, central

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. It begins its course at 1,800 m in Fuente Alberche,

San Martín de la Vega del Alberche San Martín de la Vega del Alberche is a town and municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 244 inhabitants. However in 2019 the town has ex ...

municipal term, Ávila Province. It forms the natural division between the

Sierra de Gredos The Sierra de Gredos is a mountain range in central Spain that spans the provinces of Ávila, Salamanca, Cáceres, Madrid, and Toledo. It is part of the much larger Sistema Central of mountain ranges. Its highest point is Pico Almanzor, at 2,5 ...

and the

Sierra de Guadarrama The Sierra de Guadarrama (Guadarrama Mountains) is a mountain range forming the main eastern section of the Sistema Central, the system of mountain ranges along the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. It is located between the systems Sierra de G ...

, in the

Sistema Central The Central System, Spanish and pt, Sistema Central, is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. The 2,592 m high Pico Almanzor is its highest summit. The Central System is located just north of the 40th parallel an ...

. The Alberche flows roughly from NW to SE and bends sharply midway in its course to flow from NE to SW. It meets the

Tagus The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see #Name, below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections ...

a few kilometres east of

Talavera de la Reina Talavera de la Reina () is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Its population of 83,303 makes it the second most populated municipality of the province of Toledo and the fourth largest in th ...

. This river has the following dams along its course: Burguillo, Charco del Cura,

San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...

, Picadas and Cazalegas. Alberche Beach is a sandy beach stretch on the banks of the Alberche River, a favorite spot for vacationers from Madrid.

Tributaries

Gaznata The Gaznata is a river of Spain located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, a left-bank tributary of the Alberche. It springs out of the Fuente del Cuadrón, in the Prado Cuadrón area close to . Flowing southwards along a total length of 27.2 ...

* Cofio * Perales

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Canoeing, kayaking and river descent in Avila, Spain

Turismo Etnológico

Turismo,Hospedage

Casas rurales en el Valle Iruelas

Campamento Juvenil
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Tributaries

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