In the fountain we can see the catacamosque (Pinguicola vallisneriifolia), small carnivora plant endemic to the Park, which feeds on insects. In this place a signposted path of 1 '5 km is started, which ascends on a hillside from which you can see very good panorama of the Bucentaina and the Stone of the Hole.

SITUATION

In the km 2.2 of the Siles to Las Azeas road (JF-7012), it starts a forest track that leads to the Area after 1.5 km.

Benatae is the smallest municipality in the Sierra de Segura and is fully included in the Natural Park of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas, so it is a perfect place for lovers of tranquility and nature.

The Cerro de San Miguel is located 1.5 kilometres east of the city centre of Benatae, in the direction of Puente Honda.

The Cerro de San Miguel is a recreational area with excellent views of the park. On one of its slopes, a source that gives origin to its name, one of the many water sources that spatter the municipality, stands out.

The recreational area has several tables and its corresponding banks, barbecues, the pillar and a large explanade.

In the recreational area you can see the vegetation and fauna typical of the Natural Park and from where you can observe excellent landscapes.

On the hill dominates the black pine pine pineapple, under which grows a stinking little forest with juniper, lentif, jars and crocodile. The fox, boar and squirrel are very abundant, and it is possible to contemplate mountain goats at the summit. Among the raptures are the pilgrim hawk, the seedling eagle and the leonate vulture.

From the Cerro de San Miguel you can take hiking routes, not so, in the recreational area we find the panel of beginning of the path (PR-A 179) to the summit of Peñalta (1,412 m.).

La Recta is a recreational area that has barbecues and tables and is accessed by a signposted path. Its characteristic vegetation is made up of the typical riverside forests of the Sierras de Andújar Natural Park: alarms, sargas, talles, strawberries, which serve as a refuge to faunistic species such as royal herons, zampullines, water cocks, otters. Very close is a watershed to give water to the abundant deer of this saw, next to the dam of the Encinarejo

It occupies a wonderful valley in the southern foothills of Sierra Morena, next to the Natural Park of Despeñacolos. Here they grow a great variety of aromatic plants and beautiful trees of different species, such as pine trees, oak trees, alcornoques, chestnuts, willows, abounding the plateau from which this place takes the name. There is also a small river of crystalline waters on a stony bed called "La Campana."

In the geological aspect, there are iron pyrite, which is why the waters of one of its many springs are ferruginous. This area where La Aliseda is located, was in its time part of a large mining center where the gallena filons abound with a lot of silver.

It is interesting to look at the species with which the recreational area and its surroundings have been repopulated. They are indigenous plants of great ecological value, such as maples, complaints and madroños. The whole area suffered a serious fire in the summer of 2005, as a result of a dry storm that unloaded hundreds of rays. In addition, a powerful natural regeneration of vegetation is taking place in the recreational area. The whole shows how right human action is when it supports nature's own regenerative capacity.

Tranco road A-319, in the surroundings of the Tranco reservoir.

The recreational area of the Jabali is distinguished by the abundance of oak trees surrounded by pine trees, very characteristic of the Sierras de Andújar Natural Park, to which it belongs. It is perfectly equipped to celebrate a family picnic, with tables, banks, barbecues, containers, and even a fountain. His name is given by the remarkable stone sculpture of the lone boar who presides over the space, the work of local artist Luis Aldehuela. The enclave links with the path that connects El Jabali with the Encinarejo.

There are two ways to access the Bear Dehesa:

• From the village of Onsares, you have to leave on the road to Villarrodrigo and, within 3 km, we take the forest track that leaves on our right. We follow her without taking any of the detours that go back to Onsares to the right. At 6, 5 km from the time we took this lead, we got to the recreational area.

• From the A-310 road between Siles and La Puerta de Segura, at point 17, we take a forest track passing through the village of La Pendolera. After 14.8 km, without being separated by any detour, we reached the Dehesa del Oso. The initial section of this track passes through the area where the works of the Siles dam are currently being carried out.

If we access from Siles, it is appropriate to stop for a while in the small village of La Cañada the Lord.

The whole area is covered by an impressive black pine pineapple with oaks, complaints and dense Mediterranean bush.

From the Dehesa del Oso you can go by forest track to the village of El Bellotar, 5 km, already located in the province of Albacete. To do this, we have to follow the Cambrón route and, in which we will see at the end of 0.7 km (collado de Las Lagunillas), follow the front rather than turn right towards El Cambrón. From El Bellotar you can get off by asphalt road to the charming village of Villaverde del Guadalimar and close a circuit back to Siles.

Here's what it takes to spend a quiet day in the middle of nature. You have a large parking area, meringeros with chairs and wooden tables, a fountain, a kiosk-bar (open only in summer) and a charming piscina-dam very busy in the months of hottest.

The presence of water attached to the lush and closed forest around this area allows, when there is little human activity, the mammals of the saw to move freely around. The bouquet, boar or even muflon have been seen a few meters from the recreation area.

But the minuscule life is the queen of the area: invertebrates like the dragonfly, and a very delicate crustacean like the native river crab are raised in the remnants of the stream of Linarejos. Your visit must, by obligation, be respectful of the inhabitants of the mountain, avoiding unnecessary noises and removing any waste from the place.

We suggest:

• Take a walk to the canyon that the Guadalquivir River has tasted in the Cerrada del Utrero. It's about following the track that comes out next to the kiosk of the recreational area and turning left to go next to the stream. Do it with caution because in the end you arrive at the spectacular jump of Linarejos, where you don't have to look too much.

In Cazorla take the Sierra road (A-319) until the crossing known as the Empalme del Valle. Turn right on the JF-7092 road and after passing the bridge over the Guadalquivir River (4 km from the Empalme) follow the left track (JF-7091). 2 km from this bridge we turn left by a track that arrives, after a kilometre to the recreational area.