| Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas Sierra | | Jaen |
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Province: Jaen.
Area: 214.336 ha (529,409 acres)
Maximum Altitude: 2.107 m. (Empanadas Peak) (6,500 ft).
Minimum Altitude: 600 m.
Average Temperature: 6ºC (Winter); 27ºC (Summer).
Average Rainfall: 770 mm (high areas)
Preservation Scheme: Natural Park; Cazorla National Hunt Reserve;
Biosphere Reservation; Special Bird Protection Area.
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The Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas Sierras form the largest Nature
Reserve in Spain. It is an important mountain range situated between Sierra
Morena and the Cordillera Betica closing the Guadalquivir basin on the
eastern side. Many mountains separated by deep ravines interweave and fuse
together to form extraordinary deep slopes in parts.
Beautiful sites to visit include the origins of the Guadalquivir, Segura,
Tus and Madera rivers, the Hernán Pelea countryside -a cape of snow
in Winter and pasture in Summer, and the Valdeazores natural lake.
The flow of the Segura river is maintained by the accumulation of snow
in the surrounding areas.
The more important Guadalquivir river begins at the 'Cañada de
Fuentes' ('Ravine of Springs') and its waters are always warm, in both
Summer and Winter-time.
Access
From Jaen: N-321 until C-328 intersection at Mancha Real. On this
road until Cazorla.
From Granada: N-324 until Cuéllar-Baza, then C-3329 until
Huéscar and from here to Pozo Alcón on the C-330. You can
also go from Granada to Jaen on the N-323, taking the C-328 to Cazorla
before reaching Jaen.
From Cordova: N-322 until Ubeda and C-328 to Cazorla.
Human enclaves
As well as natural treasures, these sierras have an attractive cultural
legacy: castles, towers, observation posts, fountains, churches and
neolithic cave paintings are dotted amongst the twenty-odd towns within
the park housing 87000 inhabitants.
Falcons, abundant in these sierras, have lent their name to the crag on
which Cazorla is situated, historic capital of the area and one of the most
beautiful towns of the peninsula. A walk through its sidestreets leads you
to the Moorish Yedra Castle. Located on top of a hill it has a beautiful
panoramic view of the whole park.
The Iberian necropolis of Toya in Peal de Becerro is proof that
the Iberian people were present in the area. From almost 400 years of
Arab domination and the era of the Reconquest remain the historic-artistic
wholes of Segura de la Sierra and Hornos, the Castle of
San Miguel de Bujaraiza, the Arab and Christian castles of
Cazorla, the Templaria watchtower of La Iruela and the
castle and watchtower of Tíscar.
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