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With its 2315 m altitude, the Moncayo is the highest peak in the Iberian System. A mountain is very green and full of vegetation, which contrasts with the surrounding landscape, rather dry steppes. In 1978 was created in the Moncayo Natural Park and its total area towns and villages as important as Tarazona or Vera de Moncayo. Both the fauna and flora of Moncayo are very rich and varied: in this mountain are oak, blackthorn and wild roses and brokers toads, foxes and various species of snakes. In Agramonte you can visit the Interpretation Center of Nature Natural Park Moncayo. There are many routes that allow you to discover this green corner midway between Aragon and Soria, and some include visits to both the Moncayo as Tarazona and Veruela Monastery. But many prefer to walk on their own, especially in autumn when the Moncayo mountain fills in search of mushrooms, especially the delicious rovellones or chanterelles, which are abundant in their forests. All three have this mountain cirques and circuses are called Hoya de San Miguel, San Gaudioso Hoya and Hoya of Morea. The three peaks over 2000m are the Moncayo de Castilla or Black rock 2118 m, the very peak of 2316 Moncayo my Lobera peak of 2226 m. There are many routes to climb these peaks, the most common being those that depart from the Sanctuary of the Virgen del Moncayo (1621 m). It takes around two hours to complete the climb. Soriana the slope, it can be from Cueva de Agreda (1296 m) Colladillo going up the ravine. For this alternative route will need two hours and a half.

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