Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park

Located in the northeast of the province of Jaén Natural Park of Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas, with 214,300 ha of the largest in Andalusia.

He is famous for its vast forests, which have the wood for the Spanish fleet, the Armada delivered. The forests consist mainly of black pine, but there are also oaks and Portuguese oak woods. Some cool places even maples and hollies are found. Hunter will appreciate the abundance of game: European mouflon, Iberian ibex, red deer and wild boar and occur in large numbers. Even the birds of prey world is very rich in species such as the golden eagle, the Bonelli's eagle, the griffon vulture or the reintroduction of the bearded vulture. Iberian lynx and wolves died out at the end of the 20th century.

In this belonging to the Betic Cordillera mountain country of the Guadalquivir rises. It flows through a broad valley and is dammed at the Embalse del Tranco. Its tributaries, such as the Río Borosa have, on the other hand often narrow and deep gorges cut into the mountains that increase the scenic beauty of the Sierra enormous. The nature park is especially a popular summer tourist destination mainly of Spanish tourists. In the autumn he draws hunters from around the world.

The mountain ranges

The Sierra de Cazorla comprises the southwestern area of the nature park with the Gilillo ( 1,847 m) the highest peak. She gets the name from the ( just outside of the natural park located ) Place Cazorla. The Sierras de Las Villas are located north of the Sierra de Cazorla, ie, in the north-west of the nature reserve. You are the lowest points of the area. The highest mountain is the El blanquillo with around 1,800 m. The east of the nature reserve is formed by the Sierra de Segura. This area is the least discovered by tourism, the highest peak, the banderillas ( 1,993 m ), but attracts hikers. To the south lies the - in the name of the natural park not emerging - Sierra del Pozo, whose highest peak ( Cabañas ) with 2,028 m also an excellent vantage point is.

To the southeast lies adjacent to the province of Granada, the Sierra de Castril, also a nature park.