Información sobre turismo rural en Sierra Magina

Area Located in the southwest of Jaen, belonging to the National Park of Jaen. Inside the area of Sierra Maguna, Pico Aguila with 2.167 m. is the highest mountain. There are 16 villages in this province: Albanchez de Magina, Bedmar-Garciez, Belmez de la Moraleda, Cabra del Santo Cristo, Cambil-Arbuniel, Campillo de Arenas, Carcheles, Huelma-Solera, Jimena, Jodar, La Guardia, Larva, Mancha Real, Noalejo-La Hoya del Salobral, Pegalajar-La Cerradura y Torres. Nine of them are considered protected and reserved area by the Natural Park, the biggest ones are Cambil and Torres. The administrative capital of this region is Jodar. There is a population of 56.000 people aprox.

Restaurantes

The gastronomy of Sierra Magina is well known by its excellent oil one of the best of Spain it is sale under de name of Denominacion de Origen "Sierra Magina". This oils is the base on any food receipt. It acquired it influence from the roman times and even more from the Arabic period. Other typical dishes are gazpacho, las migas, las gachas, la pipirrana, los andrajos, los almendrados, etc. As well as other dishes as, los papajotes de Pegalar, el carnerete de Cambil o las pajarillas de Carchelejo. The typical drinks are: el risol y el aguaceba.

Sitios de interes

The P. N. Sierra Magina is located between Betica mountains and the Guadalquivir valley, its area is full of water underneath that can be seen over the landscapes frequently. This offer diversity on the area. It is the highest mountains in Jaen with 2.167 m (Magina). There are more than 20.000 h. There is ana rea full of limestone where it is easy to find pleny of lapiaces, torcales and dolinas and, other own ahpes of the Karstico where you will find mediterraneam treas as encinas, quejigos, sabinas and enebros in the hiest mountains. As well as high mountains in its central region, humid areas of rich vegetation, plenty of cultives, olives which make a nice contrast on this desert area. Definitely, an exceptional region to get lost walking all along, breathing the pure air or doing some sports as trekking, mountain bike, etc. Sierra Magina has been a place to be settled by many different cultures, from the prehistorically, There are many paintings in the caves of this area which le tus knows this happenings: la Graja o el Morron. There is arqueological areas form the roman times which is the case of Cerro Castellon (Larva). The Arabic period was much more rich in the economical way and this region was as well natural fence from the Arabic culture and Christians during the S. XIII and XV. Here are still castles form this period Belmez and Cuadros, the castles Jodar or Albanchez de Magina, and the arabic remains of Jimena and Cambil. In the best economical periods they built churches and palaces, S. XVI in the renascent period.