Información sobre turismo rural en Sierra De Grazalema

Located to the northeast of the province of Cadiz and the north west of Malaga. It has a total area of 53,411 ha, it is a massif composed of a set of parallel mountain ranges of orientation between if JAN-BEAR, that follow the structural lines of the Betic Mountain, separated by deep depressions, except the Sierra del Pinar, Sierra Margarita and the other lower elevations, in various directions. Its highest peak is the height of the Pine or Torreon (1,654 m) in the Sierra del Pinar in the province of Cadiz. The Park has the highest rainfall in the entire Peninsula with more than 2,200 mm. It is officially formed by 14 municipalities and other municipalities located around the park in the province of Cadiz. Of the 14 municipalities, nine of them in the province of Cadiz: The Forest, Prado del Rey, Zahara de la Sierra, Algodonales, El Gastor, Grazalema, Villaluenga del Rosario, Benaocaz and Ubrique and; five in Malaga province: Ronda, Montejaque, Benaojan, Jimera de Libar and Cortes de la Frontera.

Restaurantes

The gastronomy of the region is another important cultural richness. In general the basis of the cuisine of Sierra de Grazalema is based on the products that the earth delivers and above all the derivatives of the pig, of their rich and known meats and sausages. In between all dishes we emphasize the soup of Villaluega or Grazalema, the tomato soup and garlic soup , celery salad, the stew of tagarninas, the "dressed potatoes", the asparagus toasts, the rehash of Benaocaz, porridge, the trouts with ham, etc. Of it´s rich pastries of Arab origin we highlight the mistelles, the toast of oil or chicharrones, including, suspiros or gañote among others. We also recommend to taste the wines and spirits.

Sitios de interes

The National Park is composed of a set of limestone mountains, which, thanks to the abundance of water, make the arising from karticos landscapes of very hilly terrain and with various formations of canyons, chasms, caves, etc. In this sense, the Hundidero-Gato sima of the complex and the Cueva de la Pileta stand out above all. The most symbolic element of the Park, in addition to the dense mediterranean forest of holm oaks, cork trees and oaks, is the pinsapo, mainly concentrated in the Sierra del Pinar. This species is a descendant of the central European spruce trees that formed large forests here in the ice ages. In relation to wildlife protrudes the colony of vultures that live in the "Garganta Verde", in addition to other animals such as the eagle, mountain goat, or the deer. We can carry out a variety of very different routes and practice a wide variety of sports activities such as hiking, canoeing, mountain climbing, canyoning, etc. Highlight are: the Cuevas de Pileta, Gato y Hundiñero, Los Llanos de Libar, Revés y Republicano, Garganta Verde y Bocaleones, the forests of Sierra de Libar, Salto del Cabrero, the Majete and Guadiaro, rivers, reservoirs of Zahara and Hurones, roman roads, etc. The villages in the Sierra de Grazalema are framed within the path of the White Villages where you will find an urban pattern of arab origin very similar in all of them with narrow streets and whitewashed, two-storyhigh white houses. We have a variety of civil and religious monuments of all the ages, from cave paintings of the Paleolithic Period of the Cueva de la Pileta y del Gato, passing aqueducts, villas and Roman roads as the one of Acinipo (Ronda), Ocuri (Ubrique) or Lacidulia (Grazalema). In addition to Arab and Christian remains above all the remarkable castle (Zahara de la Sierra), castle of Fatima (Ubrique), the innumerable religious and civil buildings of Ronda, Nazari(Benaocaz) or the Church of S. Anna (Algodonales.)