The most complete route, so you don't miss anything on your visit to Cazorla. A walk through the interesting history, traditions, customs and legends of this beautiful town, located on the slopes of the Sierra de Cazorla, between the mountain and the olive sea. We accompany you on the journey of its most picturesque streets, its hidden corners and its main monuments, uncovering the secrets that are hidden.
The visit part of one of the most beautiful viewpoints in Andalusia, the balcony of Zabaleta, where we have a privileged view of the main enclaves of a town full of a great and fascinating history, in which you will dive immediately.
We'll go down to Beer River walkwhose current has been inextricably linked to the life of the hunters for so many centuries, moving the stones of their flour mills and the turbines of their power plants, watering the gardens of their old banks and serving as a refuge to very special animals and plants, which are concentrated, in a short period, next to the current.
We will discover the best kept secret of Cazorla, entering the River vaultbuilt five centuries ago. A journey of 124 meters through the bowels of the villa; without a doubt the most magical place, which attests to an indescribable beauty and the darkest legend of Cazorla.
When we get back to the surface, we'll meet at the ruins of the church of Santa Maria de Gracia; the only church in Europe that is built on a river. A Renaissance monument, witness to the glorious epoch of this town, header of the extensive territory that was The advance of Cazorla.
From La Plaza Vieja we will go to the oil tasting room, walking along the quiet and beautiful Yera street that, within the historic town but away from the transit, retains the essence of our village.
The oil tasting: an experience for the senses
The olive oil ispart of our ancient Mediterranean culture. He has accompanied us as food, source of light, remedy for ailments and diseases and even as part of religious rituals.We unveil all their secrets.
Our guide,agronomist engineer, head of tasting panel and expert taster, will discover you in a friendly way as well as objective and professional, everything that orbits around extra virgin olive oils:
- Using official tasting materialyou will learn to distinguish the positive attributes of an AOVE and to identify the main aromatic nuances, tasting the two typical oils of the Sierra de Cazorla: picual, main variety of Jaén, and royal, endemic variety of our region.
- You will have the main patterns of defects, so that your nose clearly identifies them and you can now distinguish a quality oil from another that is not.
- You will test your olfactory ability in a fun test of identification of aromatic nuancesSo you can check if you have taster wood.
- You will know the most appropriate uses of each type of oil and you will know how to identify the most healthy without any doubt or difficulty.
And of course, all the doubts you come with on the oils will be resolved by our expert taster.
