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Multitude of options in a large territory
The Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas Natural Park offers a wide range of activities.
Activities in the natural environment
Ableto meet the expectations of all types of public. For those who want to know in detail and in a comfortable way this protected area, it is possible to make guided routes in 4x4. Through various itineraries, some of them with restricted access, you will discover places of great beauty such as the Valdeazores Lagoon or you will see the most emblematic species.
Hiking is also widespread, as the Park has more than 50 itineraries that allow visitors to discover the diversity of landscapes that characterize these mountains.
Among them, the path of the Borosa River, which runs along the beautiful riverbed of the first major tributary of the Guadalquivir, stands out.
The most adventurous visitors will be able to practice climbing, with several open routes, especially in the area of Riogazas (Cazorla). Rafting on the Guadalquivir river or canyoning in the Cerrada del Utrero are other of the most popular activities in summer and offer spectacular views of the river and its cliffs.
Finally, in most of the open forest trails you can practice cycling and reach, for example, the sources of the Guadalquivir or Segura rivers, or ride through the Campos de Hernán Pelea.
Tourist facilities
To satisfy the demand of visitors, this Natural Park has, in addition to the private tourist infrastructure, more than 100 facilities for Public Use, highlighting the 23 signposted trails that allow visitors to visit some of its most beautiful spots, such as Salto de los Órganos, Laguna Valdeazores or Cascada de Gil Cobo.The 23 marked trails that allow visitors to discover some of its most beautiful spots, such as the Salto de los Órganos, the Valdeazores Lagoon or the Gil Cobo Waterfall, as well as the 18 recreational areas and 17 viewpoints that allow visitors to enjoy the magnificent surroundings and landscapes. In addition, there are several environmental education centers, and other points of interest, such as the Collado del Almendral Hunting Park, and the Ethnographic Museum of Popular Arts and Customs of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas Natural Park. Among the reception and information facilities, the following stand out: Torre del Vinagre Visitor Center, Torre del Vinagre Botanical Garden and the Borosa River Visitor Center. The area of socioeconomic influence has 84 hotels, 123 rural houses, 58 tourist apartment establishments, 13 tourist camps and 28 companies of diverse activities of active tourism (this information can be altered depending on the time of the year in which we are). However, we recommend that you choose one of the accommodations and activities that we offer from Soy Ecoturista, as they are offered by local companies certified for their commitment to the conservation of the Natural Park, their knowledge of the territory and their contribution to the local economy.
The highest castle
Borosa River. It starts in the vicinity of the Borosa River Visitor Center and runs parallel to the riverbed, through a rugged landscape to the Cerrada de Elías, a narrow canyon through which the Borosa flows. Length: 9 km.
Cerrada de Utrero. Path parallel to the Guadalquivir until reaching the waterfall of the Cola de Caballo or Linarejos. Further on is the Cerrada de Utrero, a narrow and elongated limestone canyon. Length: 1.5 km.
Aguascebas Reservoir. The trail surrounds the reservoir and takes the hiker to the Chorrogil waterfall, one of the largest and most spectacular in the Natural Park. Length: 5.2 km.
Acebeas-Navalperal. This trail leads to the summit of Navalperal, through a lush forest with abundant holly and hazel trees. Length: 3.2 km (one way).
Where the mountains meet the sky.
It is the image you always wanted to have in front of you: a castle on top of a hill, at whose feet a small village of white narrow streets is scattered. The castle of Segura de la Sierra, the highest in the Natural Park, served in medieval times to control a vast territory. Today, your astonished eyes will be those that dominate from its battlements a landscape woven over the centuries by fertile alliances: pine and olive groves that intertwine; tiny villages that dialogue with resounding mountains; waters that carried forests. And always, even now, people for whom the landscape is not a surprise, but a part of themselves that they want to share.
You will not be the first to be amazed by these lands. Two great Spanish mystics already did: Saint Teresa of Jesus and Saint John of the Cross, who in the 16th century found here the atmosphere of peace and seclusion they were looking for. Two centuries later, naval engineers discovered that entire fleets could be built with the wood from these forests. That is why the unusual Maritime Province of Segura was created, from which armies of brave pine growers set out, driving thousands of logs down the river. In Beas de Segura and Orcera you will find two small Thematic Spaces that will bring you closer to these amazing stories.
Today, it is the lovers of free flight who are dazzled when they take off from the Yelmo and contemplate the grandeur of these landscapes from a bird's eye view. But it is not essential to fly to discover them. Through small roads, forest tracks and trails, you can enter the forests of Rio Madera, the best laricio pine forests in Spain. You can also climb to the top of spectacular mountain peaks, such as El Espino, El Peñalta and El Cambrón. Or be amazed in a place like Los Anchos, a harmonious village lost in the mountains that keeps in its unexpected museum the most authentic memory of mountain life.
And the oil. The olives of the millenary olive tree of Fuentebuena, symbol of a deeply rooted olive wisdom. In the Natural Park, the mountain olive grove is a landscape, a culture and a source of enjoyment for the senses. Its productions are small, but exquisite, the result of a happy combination of soil, climate and care in the elaboration. The Sierra de Segura Denomination of Origin guarantees it.