From Alcalá la Real you can enjoy two of the stages of this famous tour. First of all, the Moclin - Alcalá la Real (21.8 km) and Alcalá la Real - Alcaudete (23.7 km) stage.

Path PR-A 414 River Velillos (10.4 km).

The uniqueness of this linear route is that through the river Alcalá la Real and Vega granadina communicated, making it a strategic area of the Sierra Sur de Jaén, throughout its history.

The path that begins in the village of Ribera Alta, for the most part on roads and paths, near or on the margins of the Salobral stream, the Palanantia stream and above all on the banks of the river Velillos, which we will be forced to cross on several occasions. The fountain of the Bath Cortijo will help us to refresh, before it takes some height to enjoy a great view of the river and up the Ribera Alta. Friars and the hill of the Martina at the bottom and looking down at the village of Ribera bajo.

On the bridge next to Tahona, we arrive to the Baja Bank, small pedanía of Alcalá la Real, where the landscape is made up of 800 and 900 meters covered with olive trees, and in the low parts cereal crops. It is here that the river crosses the town side by side, with a magnificent Vega and some choperas or small wires, which give it a picturesque image and a refreshing climate.

SLA-253 The Zumaques Path (9.4 km).

You can enjoy a rich dinner in a great accommodation, and end the night by admiring the wonderful night sky of the largest Starlight Reserve on the planet by the hand of astronomy experts and through large telescopes... These are some of the attractions of this very special getaway.

INCLUDE

• Dinner at the selected accommodation.
• Hotel night with breakfast.
• Transfer from the hotel to the observation point.
• Private and exclusive astronomical observation.
• Assistance of a specialist monitor during observation.
• Use of a high-end astronomical telescope.
• Session of astronomical photographs of memory.
• Cup of wine or cava and I tentpedo.

NOT INCLUDED

• Transfer to the selected accommodation.
• Lunch.
• Any expenditure or concept not referred to in the "Includes" section.
• Transfer to the Viñas de Peñallana Visitors Center and tasting of local and artisanal products of Sierra Morena (see follow-up to the trip at the last step of the reservation).

Itinerary

DAY 1

12: 00 h. - Arrival to the selected accommodation.

- Free lunch.

17: 00 h. - Free visit to the Virgin of the Head Sanctuary and the natural environment.

- Dinner at the accommodation.

21: 30 h. - 4 × 4 to the observation point.

22: 00 h. - Private and exclusive astronomical observation:

• Introduce talk to astronomy.
• Workshop of star recognition and constellations.
• Astronomical observation with high-end telescopes.
• Session astronomical photography of memory.
• toast under the stars (light snack and copy of wine or cava)

02: 00 h. - End of observation. Transfer to the hotel. (Approximate time)

DAY 2

10: 30.

12: 00. - End of our services.

* Optional complement:Degustation of local and artisanal products from Sierra Morena at the Viñas de Peñallana Visitors Center.

INFORMATION FROM THE DRAWAL

The town of Andújar is located at the foot of Sierra Morena, constituting the entrance door by anthonomasia to the Natural Park of its same name. Because Andújar is a saw, Andújar is the Guadalquivir river that bathes it and divides it between the oaks and pedestals to the north and the sodomy countryside to the south.

Andújar is a monumental city, rich in heritage and emblem of a typical architecture that demonstrates a high past. A 13 Km from Andújar is the Viñas de Peñallana Visitors Center, an ideal place to inform you about the visit to the Natural Space and to know the main values of it. Following the road, we enter the Sierra de Andújar Natural Park until we reach the Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Head next to which is the accommodation. It is a great rock sanctuary located in the heart of Sierra Morena, where much of the Sierra is seen from its privileged location. It is a place of pilgrimage famous for its rosemary and its great cultural and ethnographic value.

The Natural Park of the Sierra de Andújar is a special place, a wild and infinite place, where the loins and valleys covered with oak trees extend to where the view reaches. Eagles, vultures, deer and a multitude of other species live in these areas, being the undisputed lord of these vast lands the Iberian Lince, for here it cherishes its most extensive population.

The largest hiking route in Spain's largest natural space. The Southern Forest trail offers 478 kilometres marked, along 21 main stages and 11 derivations. In addition, it has 3 variants, composed of two sections each, that help subdivide the layout, and make a version adapted to our interests and time available. Its journey leads to the births of the rivers Guadalquivir and Segura, entering us by the mosaic of landscapes of this mountain: high mountain peaks, castles, forests, rivers and waterfalls, traditional roads, altiplanicies, villages and villages still inhabited, historical sets, olive groves, gardens. A great way to discover the flight of the broken bones, the cleanest waters, the conversation with the transhuman pastors, the way to live in the mountain villages..., a collection of experiences and the authenticity of the most extensive saws of Andalusia. Most of the stages begin and end in places close to basic services: sources, villages or villages, campsites and other accommodation, camping areas or near roads. Other sections have only emergency shelters without services, built to provide these areas of the GR. Some stages go through very remote places, without telephone coverage, often subject to high mountain conditions that can leave us isolated (snow, wind, and low-zero temperatures in winter, or lack of water and permanent insolation in summer), so we should be informed about the conditions before we start the route; in addition to having enough to awaken. We will never leave the route, we will always follow the rules of use of the GR and the shelters, as well as the instructions of the natural park staff. It respects all the rules of protected space as you walk the path and use its equipment.

About 6 km away is Jódar, the largest town in Sierra Mágina. We'll be on the A-401 road. Jódar stands out for the offer of services, and for the castle that hosts one of the two Visitors' Centers of the natural park of Sierra Magina.

Our tour runs along the eastern side of Sierra Magina. Little by little and for 18 km the landscape of olive trees on a subdesert mountain.

To the right we will find the detour to Bélmez de la Moraleda. The waters of the Garganton River assigns to the green landscape and the presence of gardens. The main attraction of the town is the famous faces of Belgium, a curious phenomenon that attracts its own and strangers to this small town.

On the A-401, our walk will continue for 12 km towards Huelma. Almost at the end of the tour we find the pedany of Cabritas, a scattered rural habitat that hides dozens of ancient mills and gardens that for centuries, and from the Middle Ages made this place a vergel of fruit and vegetables.

Attention to the detour in the A-324, which in only three km leads us to the centre of Huelma, a town that offers us restoration services, and two jewels of the Andalusian Renaissance, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the work of Andrés de Vandelvira, and the castle that watches the village from above.

Just after leaving Pegalajar, you can reach a small mountain port, a portillo known as Seven Pillas, between the Serrezuela de Pegalajar and the massif of Sierra Magina. In this place, favored by winds is the paragliding area of the same name.

The few 7 km that link Paste with Manchar Real (Ctra. JA-3203) are those of a small road that hangs from the skirts of Sierra Magina, and are a magnificent lookout towards the countryside and the city of Jaén. Mancha Real runs through the center of its urban centre. This industrial and olive-growing town has a beautiful Renaissance church, the Church of the Holy Cross, which well deserves a stop.

The stretch between Mancha Real and Torres (Ctra. JA-3106) shows a good view of Sierra Magina. The arrival in Torres offers one of the best landscapes of the Natural Park. A high mountain horizon, which in its skirts collects the orchards and cherry plantations that reach the urban town of Torres hanging from Mount Aznaitín. The Marquis de Camarasa palace, the climbing in the Cimbras, some of its restaurants are sufficient reasons to devote a while to this town. It is highly recommended to walk to the clock that crowns the population and that in an unknown viewpoint teaches the best of these mountains.

But the best thing is to come. The mountain road between Torres and Albanchez de Mágina (JA-1107) is so small that these two villages separated by only 10 km do not enjoy a bus line... because there is no commercial-sized bus that can travel some points on this road. The main attraction is the landscape, which leads from the moist north side to the driest east, always accompanied by cherry and olive plantations.

Albanchez de Magina, has a rocky castle of must visit, as well as the need to try the almonds, cupcakes and bread, for many the best in the province of Jaén.

7 kilometers (Ctra. JA-3105) more and you will reach Jimena and the A-320 road. In Jimena you can ask about the wheat potage, and you have to visit the Cueva de la Graja, with interesting neolithic rock paintings (access is by a steep path that begins in the municipal pool). The city hall will provide you with the instructions and key to visit the cave. If your pass through Jimena is at the beginning of the summer, look for the best brews in Andalusia that are collected here by the local cooperative.

In the direction of Jaén@-@ Mancha Real, for the Ctra. A-320, just two kilometers away you will find the right turn that will take you to the village of Garciez, always on a road (A-6104) that immerses you in the olive grove for five km.

Garciez and his Renaissance palace of the Marquis de Viana are a surprise. The palace is not visitable, but only the outside walk gives an idea of importance of the place in the 16th century.

Seven more miles and you'll be in Bedmar. This town has restaurants and bars for food, as well as a ruined castle hanging over the village. In this town is the seat of the Regulatory Council of the Denomination of Origin of Extra Virgin Oil Sierra Magina, which orders the production of one of the best oils in Jaén.

We left Andujar in the direction of the Peñallana vineyards through the Ctra. J-501. In the km. About 14,400, after passing the Los Pinos Restaurant, we take a road that comes out to the right; we go into it we will get to Los Escoriales, leave to our left a dish of bulls or tentadero and, at about 100 m., we will get a track to the right that we will take; here we can observe an interesting darkness occupied preferably by alcornocals, at some points as a mature or climate community on a sediment-type substrate. When we begin to descend, we will leave to our right the Cerro del Moro, an elevation that maintains a well-developed shroud, we will pass through the house of the Gorgojil and the Nava de Andújar, dehesa ganadera and place of transit that allows to observe the typical topographic relief of Sierra Morena and the crops of the geological domain of Guadalquivir, coming to the reservoir of the Rumblar, a sheet of water perfectly attached to the steep relief and, from here, to Baños de la Encina, one of the four municipalities that make up the Natural Park of Sierra de Andújar, the whole of the city of the town of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the town of the city of the city of the city of the town of the city of the city of the town of the city of the city of the town of the city of the city of the city of the city of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of the town of

From Torres, and through the Pila Pellenda parquet, a mountain road is started towards Albanchez de Magina. A few four kilometres away we find a right turn, which gives access to the youth camp area Hondacabras. These sites were cattle's rest on the freckles that passed through these mountains. In this place begins a forest track between pine trees that gradually ascends for 4 Km, something beyond the Nita Fountain. When we get to the crossing we will change direction to make the promotion to the Port of the Mata. The floor of the track is firm, but we will find some outstanding ramps that the less experienced can invite them to take off their bikes. In 3.5 km the port is reached, a step between mountains - some above 2,000 meters. The landscape is a gift for the view: all the southern side of the Natural Park, mountains more than 2,000 meters of altitude (Almadén, 2.036 m., Ponce, 2.006 m and Cerro Cárceles, 2.061 m.), and dehesas in height of complaints, flocks of sheep..., and on the horizon the province of Granada. The rest of the way is down. Five and a half kilometres from the port we arrived at the Castlejo de Mata Bejid, a beautiful place that housed a garrison, which watched this passage on the Middle Ages border, and that until the first half of the 20th century it housed several families of settlers who cultivated the dehesas along the way. This castle was donated to the city of Jaén by the Catholic Kings in 1494, in reward for the services provided in the conquest of Cambil and Alhabar. Two kilometers of olive trees take us to the Cambil-Huelma road. At this point it is worth looking at the corrijada of Mata Bejid, where the spirit of the belle époque with rural dyes is still revived. It is a private property that has an interesting chapel, gardens, house of the gentlemen and even a garage of regionalist style. From here we can choose to go down to the town of Cambil, by the course of the Oviedo River (5 Km.), or better to get close to the new Visitors Center of the Natural Park just three km away. In addition to information from all over the Park, the centre has a shop, meringers, children's games, fountain, services and a walk area for people with reduced mobility.