Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park - Things
to see
By Jo Williams
El Castillejo Jardín Botánico is a botanical garden (956
716 134) in El Bosque that, with its display of the park's different
ecosystems, shows how the Sierra's high rainfall can produce a rich
and varied vegetation, including the pinsapo (Spanish fir).
Dolmen de la Giganta is a burial site just outside Montejaque
and also known as the Tumba or Necrópolis de la Giganta.
Calzada Romana is a well preserved Roman road linking Ubrique
and Benaocaz. See walks.
Ecomuseo del Agua, Benamahoma, is a small but interesting
museum housed in a former watermill, dedicated to the history of
water use in the Sierra de Grazalema; an apt theme for an area famous
for receiving Spain's highest rainfall. Near the museum is the source
of the river Majaceite, a trout farm and the starting point of a
riverside walk to El Bosque.
Ecomuseo Benaocaz is a museum devoted to the history of
the Sierra, from prehistoric times to the present, with archaeological
finds on display from Paleolithic and Roman sites, among others.
La Cueva de la
Pileta is a prehistoric cave famous for its Paleolithic
rock paintings.
Cueva del Gato is
a cave near Benaoján.
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