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 MARISEVILLA HOME introducing your luxury villa with pool in southern Spain FLOOR PLANS & PICTURES a snapshot of your self-catering rural house RATES & RESERVATIONS holiday villa rental terms WHERE WE ARE find your way to rural Andalucia PRIEGO DE CORDOBA an historic town in the heart of rural Andalucia SIERRA SUBBETICA a rural idyll in rural Andalucia, perfect for walking MAPS & WALKS walking in the mountains and olive groves of Andalucia MARISEVILLA WALKS our own unique collection of walks in the Sierra Subbetica of Andalucia CONTACTS & LINKS your guide to rural tourism in Andalucia
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rural-andalucia.co.uk Information on the Parque Natural of the Sierra Subbetica in Andalucia, southern Spain THE COUNTRY Priego de Cordoba lies to the east of, and just outside, the Parque Natural* Sierra Subbetica. Declared a Regional Park in 1988, the 122 sq. ml./316 sq.km. range rises to a height of 1570 metres at the limestone summit of La Tinosa - just 7 kilometres from the town of Priego. (* In Spain a Parque Natural is a reserve designated by the region, in this case Andalucia, rather than a National Park which is centrally designated) The
natural abundance of underground water comes to the
surface at numerous springs and streams, and supports a
typical vegetation of gall and holm oak, maple, wild
olive, ilex and mastic trees. Wildlife including Golden
eagle, imperial eagle, griffon vulture, short toed and
eagle owls thrive in the park as well as The limestone uplands provide excellent walking conditions with wooded slopes, rocky gorges, Moorish watchtowers and many caves, notably the Cueva de Murcielaga - Bat Cave, near Zuheros where Neothithic paintings and other prehistoric human traces have been found. The villages and small towns of the Subbetica are all white painted, and most of them have the remains of a Moorish castle or other antiquity. Carcabuey, Zuheros, Luque, Zagrilla and Almedinilla stand out as being among the most interesting and picturesque The name of the Park as well as of the wider district ("Subbetica" is also an administrative area consisting of 14 municipalities) derives from the Roman province of Betica, which corresponded very roughly with modern Andalucia. Traces from the Roman period are found in various places but most notably in the village of Almedinilla, where the remains of an extensive villa complex are open to view at fixed hours. In the same village is a museum housed in a former watermill at the foot of a gorge
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kestrel and
peregrine falcon. Wild cat, boar, fox and hedgehog are
among the mamals, whose most distinctive and unusual
member is undoubtedly the red-toothed Cabrera shrew
Olive oil is the mainstay of the Subbetica
economy, and of Priego itself. Spain is by far the
world's biggest producer and its areas of production are
denominated, much as in viticulture. The denomination of
Priego frequently wins the 'Best in Spain' as well as
international awards, and oil from Carcabuey has done
particularly well in recent years. Many olive mills have
their own shop where you can buy the prize-winning
product at a very reasonable price
