Viewpoint Castle of Santa Catalina
A walk outside the Parador offers an aerial view over the olive groves of the countryside, between Jaén and Sierra Morena.
A walk outside the Parador offers an aerial view over the olive groves of the countryside, between Jaén and Sierra Morena.
An excursion from the city centre of Martos will lead you to the ruin of the mystery-filled castle. It is a great lookout over the longest olive groves in the province.
One of the oldest castles in Europe, a film scene, magnificent Almohad military construction, allows us an extensive view of the olive grove near Sierra Morena.
One of the highest towns in Andalusia, this urban town is located at 1000 meters of altitude, as a watchhouse over tens of kilometers of olive trees in all directions. The view of the Sierra de Las Villas is spectacular.
This town occupies a central position in the olive countryside of Jaén. The old fortified site offers magnificent views of the entire western countryside of the province of Jaén.
La Estaca Grande is a unique olive tree, about 300 years old, located about 450 metres from the Via Verde del Oil, right in the area called Cañada del Abandado, in the municipal term of Martos. In Jaén the olive trees are also known as stacas, in reference to their primary phase and to one of the planting methods.
A multifunctional space, of outreach, learning and entertainment around the culture of extra Virgin Olive Oil, allowing the visitor to approach and deepen this millennial culture. All this in an exhibition area of more than 1,200 m ², through museum areas, interactive panels, exhibitions, time tunnel (a complete tour of the oil processing process, by models from the olive to the winery, in antiquity and today) and children's areas with our pet "Olivia."
A number of educational activities are also carried out for visitors, such asOil tats, oil deustations,Training courses, gastronomic workshops,Days,Conferences, Oil workshopsandChildren's activities.
There is a specialized shop, where the visitor will find a selection of the best extra virgin olive oils, of different varieties of olives, with daily tastings, along with typical gastronomy, cosmetics and crafts that you can buy.
Located in the historic city of Ubeda, declared in 2003, by UNESCO "Cultural Heritage of Humanity" and at the gates of the monumental area of this Jewel of the Andalusian Renaissance, is this beautiful Interpretation Centre, where you will enjoy a unique experience around the Extra Virgin Olive Oil and its olive grove. All this in a 17th century building of unique beauty, "La Casa de la Tercia," where they combine past and present, as well as tradition with new technologies.
In particular this stretch of road runs almost air in the interflude of the valleys of the Guadalimar and the Guadalquivir. From this area you can see thousands of hectares of olive trees in a single look, framed by the horizons of Sierra Morena on one side, and Sierra de Segura and Sierra de Las Villas on the other.
It is just an example of the great olive groves that can be seen when travelling through the province of Jaén.
When he received the assignment, the Albacetean architect found it very difficult not to have a space of the size that Francisco de los Cobos asked for, so he solved it by building a vault on the River Cerezuelo; above the vault, the square of Santa Maria and on the square, the church, disproportionate by its enormous size, as they only lived a thousand inhabitants in the town, and yet almost cathedralicia. The project dated from 1535 and was a major engineering challenge for the media of the time.
It is said to be the only church in the world built on a river, and it is today, without a doubt, along with the vault on which it rises, the great tourist attraction in the city of Cazorla.
The vault covering the Cerezuelo River was designed by Andrés de Vandelvira to be able to carry out the commission of Francisco de los Cobos, secretary of Charles V, as advance of Cazorla, of the construction of the church of Santa María. It is half-canyon, very compact, and adapts to the river's riverlevels throughout the plaza de Santa María, extending from the beginning of the plaza to the temple's header wall. The length of the tour is approximately 120 meters long.
The Acebuche de Las Hoyas is distinguished both by its extraordinary dimensions and by its age. It is located near the limit of the Natural Park Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas. It stands out its height of 15 meters and a large conical-shaped comb that measures almost 10 meters of perimeter at its base. The projection of the cup is 132.73 m ². The fuse has very obvious and longitudinal ostenses and filigranes, especially on the foot, which show the second reason for singularity, age, as it is sure to exceed 350 years.