From the watchtower we will be able to contemplate a panoramic that will help us to know the environment better. Looking south a large ravine, which is named after the port, communicates the hill with the stepparian Valle del Guadiana Menor. The ravine is narrowed at the end in a rocky portico, which served for the Arabs to build the fortin of the Castle of Peña Negra. Once the Muslims were expelled, the new occupants raised the Tícar Sanctuary over the walls of the fortress. Looking to the west, the Peña de las Carboneras, one of the summits of the smallest and colecte orographic unit of the mountain massif, stands at the front: the Quesada saw, which houses numerous rock paintings of the Levine art, considered by UNESCO as the World Heritage Site.

To the north our view is lost in the olive sea of the Jiennense countryside, which as waves in a time, is aggressive in the slopes of the Cazorla saw, whose alignment is clear to the right of the olive tree. As we look east, our view inevitably stops at the Rayal Picon (1,834 m of altitude), the first important elevation of the Sierra de Cazorla from the south and impressive limestone mole that has a vertical cut on its north face. The name Rayal was synonymous with the border in the Middle Ages and the torreon in which we are located reminds us that this space was a border with the Nazareth Kingdom of Granada for almost three centuries.

We suggest...

• It is recommended to carry binoculars and to track with them the limestone crestons that are seen, above all, in the northern half of the area, because it is quite easy to observe the montane goat. It is also a good point to see rapacious birds in flight.

• Right in the same port is the Fuente de las Carboneras, a good place to refresh us. If the pipe was dry, the usual circumstance in the summer, following the lane that leaves from the same source, we arrive at the Forest House of Las Carboneras and, after the building, we will find another spring.

The Port of Tiscar is the highest point on the road A-6206, the winding mountain road that unites Quesada with the two southernmost villages of the Natural Park: Pozo Alcón and Hinojares. To get to this beautiful hill, if we leave from Quesada, at the exit we will continue straight, avoiding to the right the detour to Huesa (there is an indicator to the Port of Tíscar), until the rise, about 8.5 km later, where we find a signal indicating the location and altitude. From Hinojares (18 km) and Pozo Alcón (23 km) you have to take the A-6206 inverse to the previous one, always direction to Quesada at all the crosses.

Location: east of the city centre, in the pedanía of Puente Honda.

Distance: 4 km.

Medium: by vehicle tourism.

Access: local road to Puente Honda.

They have in the area that in the 15th century, when Isabel La Católica was traveling to the conquest of Granada from Córdoba, it reached this point where Guadalquivir was so grown that it did not allow its passage. In one night, according to the book, his gentlemen raised this robust bridge that allowed him to reach Baza and Guadix.

The place is beautiful by itself: the bridge is surrounded by fig trees and wild rosals. And in the paths around it you can observe boj, strawberries and hazelnuts.

On the right side is joined the Maillar stream - with another beautiful stone bridge - which makes in rainy years the place an authentic vergel and a very busy bathing area.

We suggest:

• Make walking some (or all) part of the road that leads to the birth of the Guadalquivir. They are about 11 km across the Navahondona- Guadahornillos Reserve Area, the most protected area of the Natural Park.

In Cazorla take the Sierra road (A-319) until the crossing known as the Empalme del Valle, 17 km. Turn right on the JF-7092 road and after passing the bridge over the Guadalquivir River (4 km from the Empalme) follow the right track (JF-7091) that after two kilometres reaches the Bridge.

The Mengibar Dam was an important civil work in its time, as it was among the first hydraulic power plants to be built in Spain with mobile doors. Until then, the dams were fixed and, if they exceeded their capacity, overflowed. However, in the case of Mengibar, in anticipation of possible floods, Mengemor engineers designed to install mobile doors that allow the water to be depacked in a controlled way to the river. Built from load walls, with natural stone masonry, lacquered and assembled by concrete mortar. The holes form a half-point arc with material of similar characteristics. Covered with flat ceramic tile, mounted on metal fences. It is in good conservation and is currently used to generate electrical power and inject it into the network.

Although it is possible to reach the Poyos de la Mesa from different places, we propose to do it from the track it leads to the Nava del Espino. From this point comes a path marked as PR-A 315 that in an hour and a half leads you to the top of this mountain.

Once at the summit you will discover a wavy landscape of limestone eroded by the passage of time and covered with green meadows and larive pines. It is a formidable place to see the great herbivores of the Park that pasture to pleasure the juicy grass of these heights. It was also one of Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente's favorite places to shoot some of his famous wild scenes.

Now you have to enjoy the landscape around you and identify the many peaks you can see: The Banderillas, the Cabañas, the Empanadas rope, or the Pico Giillo are some of the most emblematic mountains of the Natural Park.

In these saws, it is known as "poyos" to the high plateaus surrounded by cliffs cut to peak, like huge teeth. The Poyos de la Mesa is one of the most spectacular. From its edges you can see a good panorama of the head of the Guadalquivir and if you look at the slices or poyos that name this mountain.

We suggest:

• Once located in the Poyos you should not leave the opportunity to approach the area of the Marchante Prairie, by the bank of the Gualay Tornillo stream.

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). Continue this track to the Nava del Espino in km 21 of the road signs, where you will find a milestone that points to the rise to the Poyos.

The route of the Borosa River, between the Piscifactory and the Cerrada de Elias, allows to observe a varied set of folds. The structure of the Sierra del Pozo, in which the Borosa River is located, is characterized by the presence of folds and NNE-SSW direction failures. The general geological structure of this Sierra is controlled by two large synchlinals: the birth of the Guadalquivir River and the Cabañas River.

In the four initial kilometers of the itinerary that part of the Piscifactory, folds associated with those of a regional character are observed, the size of which ranges from 1 meter to several tens of meters. These are developed in Cretaceous materials of Urgonian facies and their orientation determines the course of neighboring streams, with the concordant relief of the Arroyo de las Trout valley controlled by a spectacular sinchinal. As an example of anti-linear, the best fold is found in the Los Caracolillo Bridge.

Source: Inventory of Georresources of Andalusia. Environmental Council. Junta de Andalusia.

Located between La Mella and Jabalcuz, Mount Almodóvar is famous for its crest, visible almost from any point in the city of Jaén. With 992 meters in height, this hill does not stand out for its altitude, but it does stand out for hosting very close places for the Jiennans, such as the Fuente de la Peña or the Plazoleta de las Armas. The Plazoleta de las Armas is a small plain surrounded by almonds, majolets and pines that offers beautiful views of the city. Place of play, walk and "bulls" of several generations of jiennenses, this square - which is accessed from the district of the Gloriet - remains a special place worth visiting.

It is characterized by its quadrangular plant and because it has neither protective walls nor stands. The public is located on the slopes of the mountain for free and free, and can meet more than a thousand people. There continue to be taurine celebrations between 6 and 8 October, coinciding with the holidays in honor of the Virgin of the Rosary.