Gravity dam located on the Pônsul River in the Tagus River Basin, near a narrow granite gorge above the Idanha-a-Nova Campinas. The most common fish species are largemouth bass, barbel, boga, carp, and bordalo.
Here you can see rock formations containing fossils of prehistoric creatures, some over 480 million years old. This site is part of the "Fossil Trail" hiking trail.
The park encompasses the municipalities of Castelo Branco and Idanha-a-Nova and is home to a natural heritage of exceptional value. The enclosed valleys of the Tagus River, its tributaries (Erges, Ponsul, and Aravil), and the adjacent flatlands establish the transition between the Central Mountain Range and the Alentejo plain. The climate is typically Mediterranean and is dominated by a rural landscape of extensive crops and cork oak and holm oak forests. But it is above all the transitions between the different landscape types and the mosaics created by these transitions that give the International Tagus Natural Park its unique color, …
A dam, located on the Toulica brook, a tributary of the Aravil Brook. It is located on the Tagus river basin. Recreational activities are permitted, with certain restrictions.