Description
The Herrera Bridge and its surroundings are one of the best known places in the Alto Guadalquivir. It is a great place to start some of the most interesting routes of the Sierra de Cazorla, and the enranche that involves its recreational area will allow you to rest, refresh and enjoy a Guadalquivir river, which at this point already contains a considerable flow. The bridge, built on porous limestone armchairs - here called toba - is perfectly integrated into the landscape.
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.
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