MAD AIRPORT - 103.1 MI/165.9 KM W,THIS VAST TOURIST AREA SITUATED AT THE FOOT OF,THE GREDOS MASSIF ENCOMPASSES A NUMBER OF,INTERESTING NATURAL AND CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS. THE,TOWN OF EL BARCO DE AVILA IS THE CAPITAL THIS,SIDE OF THE RIVER TORMES. THE AREA IS FAMOUS FOR,ITS LEGUMES. THE NEARBY PUERTO DEL PICO CONSERVES,A TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD ROMAN ROAD THAT WAS ONCE,USED BY ITINERANT CATTLE. THE WHOLE AREA IS IDEAL,FOR WATER AND FLYING SPORTS AS WELL AS FOR,HIKING AND TREKKING. SITUATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF,THE PROVINCE OF AVILA THIS AREA INCLUDES BARCO,DE AVILA UP TO THE BORDER WITH CACERES VALLE DEL,JERTE IN THE SIERRA DE GREDOS.