Parauta

Whitewashed single-storey houses with iron-grilled windows line the winding cobbled streets of this Serranía de Ronda village, which keeps the street plan left by its Moorish founders. Much of Parauta's land lies in the Sierra de las Nieves natural park, home to rare pinsapo firs, the source of the river Verde and a circular trail through one of the park's best-kept holm-oak woods.

Highlights

• Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción, 16th century, with a Mudéjar bell tower
• The Pinsapo de las Escaleretas, a fir protected as a natural monument
• The Conejeras circular trail through the holm oaks of La Nava
• The Vallecillo holm oak, over three metres across, shown on the village arms
• November's Fiesta del Conejo, with tastings of rice with rabbit

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