Description
The Aguamulas is a small tributary of the Guadalquivir that runs one of the most beautiful valleys of the park, forming numerous rapids and pozas. It is enjoyed walking through a nice forest track between pine trees, in the shadow of which is developed a thick Mediterranean vegetation with oaks, madroños, lentils and cornicabra. At the bottom are the impressive walls of the Banderillas, whose summit is about 2,000 m high.
The forest track, 9 km long, is very pleasant to travel and has no loss, as it is only to follow right, and is also marked as GR-7. It always runs by the river, with very little level, except in a section where it is separated by forming several elevation curves.
It is not necessary to travel throughout to enjoy these places, but if you arrive at the end you will find a lookout with unforgettable views of the Reco del Aguamulas. It is the rocky amphitheatre where this river is born, on whose base there are abandoned meadows and gardens.
You will also see the cords - already ruin - of La Fresneilla. In them lived the last inhabitant of these valleys, called Máximo Fernández Cruz, nicknamed "the Cojo de la Fresnedilla." This serrano character fought for thirty years not to leave the land he was born, from which were expelled the close to a hundred neighbors of the Aguamulas environment who suffered expropriation when the National Cote of Hunting was created in 1960. In 1982, Maximo paid for his resistance with the prison.
We suggest...
- Be attentive to see some example of the dark green Valverde lizard, endemic to the Park and discovered in 1958 very close to here.
- Continue beyond the lookout and take a walk in the La Fresnedilla area. If the water abounds, you will see the waterfalls of the birth of the Aguamulas.
In the campsite Llanos de Arance (road A-319) you have to take the forest track that crosses the Guadalquivir. At 3 km, after wading the Aguamulas, the crossing is taken to the right and followed 1 km to the barrier in the forest house of Los Bonal, where you can leave the car.
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