Zahara de la Sierra
Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España
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A Moorish castle keep still crowns the rocky peak above Zahara de la Sierra, a frontier fortress whose seizure by Granada in 1481 gave Castile its pretext for war. Below it, white houses spill down towards the Zahara-El Gastor reservoir, inside the Sierra de Grazalema natural park. Kayaking, canyoning and walks into the Garganta Verde gorge make the village a base for the outdoors.
Highlights
- The 12th-century castle keep, with wide views over the valley
- Garganta Verde canyon, where griffon vultures nest (ES)
- Santa María de la Mesa, a Baroque church completed in 1755
- Corpus Christi, when the streets are decked with green branches and flowers
- Local sweets: suspiros meringues and gañotes
Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.
Population: 1,344
Things to see
Travel guide (Wikivoyage)
Zahara de la Sierra is in Cádiz Province in Andalucia. It is a small white village of 1,400 people (2018) that sits picturesquely on a mountain cone on the northern edge of the Sierra del Jaral. A reservoir, the Embalse de Zahara, spreads out at its feet. Behind the village, the Sierra de Jaral rises to an altitude of 1,300 m. Zahara de la Sierra is presumably a Roman foundation.
Nearby member villages
- Grazalema · 8.4 km
- Setenil de las Bodegas · 18 km
- Parauta · 30 km
- Genalguacil · 35 km
- Castellar de la Frontera · 59 km