Almonaster la Real

Crowning the hill above the village is a 10th-century mosque, raised over a Visigothic basilica and one of the few rural mosques of its age to survive in Spain. The name itself comes from the Arabic for 'the monastery'. Between the Sierra de Aracena and the Andévalo, Almonaster la Real makes a good base for waymarked walks through holm-oak and cork-oak pasture and chestnut woods.

Highlights

• The mosque, with reused Roman columns, a brick mihrab and a minaret-turned-belfry
• The old bullring right beside the mosque on the hilltop
• The hermitage of Santa Eulalia, near Roman remains
• Waymarked trails through dehesa and woods where vultures and eagles live

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.