A very popular tourist destination all year round due its rich historic and cultural heritage, as well as it being an ideal setting for hiking and walking, Cazorla is flooded with accommodation options. A huge selection of hotels is available both in and out of the town, as well as numerous self-catering mountain chalets, apartments and villas.

With a total surface area of 209,920ha and covering almost a fifth of Jaen province, this is Spain's largest protected area and one its most extensive forested zones. Located in eastern Jaen province, it connects the Sierra Morena and the Subbética mountain ranges. The highest peak in this immense park is Pico Empanada at 2,107m and the entire park is higher than 600m.

The Alto Guadalquivir Natural Area comprises three reservoirs (embalses) covering 663ha, which are situated along the upper reaches of the Guadalquivir river. To the east is the largest one, the Embalse de Puente La Cerrada, in the middle is the Embalse de Doña Aldonza and to the west is the smallest reservoir, the Embalse de Pedro Martín.

This tremendously varied walk makes for a great full day excursion. Leaving the pretty village of La Iruela you first climb up past the Alberquilla spring before contouring round the northern flank of the Escribano.

Cazorla is steeped in tradition. Its origins stretch back six centuries before Christ, although it was officially founded by the Romans, who named it Carcesa. Its splendour grew under Moorish and then Christian control.

One of the longest-running festivals in Andalucia, this weekend blues and rock event in Cazorla the mountain village in the Sierra de Cazola Natural park, Jaen Province, started in 1994. Many famous names, including Mick Taylor, Otis Grand and Dr Feelgood, have honoured the festival over the years.

There are bus services from Cazorla to Jaén, Úbeda, Granada, Baeza, Begijar, Málaga, Peal de Becerro, and Linares using ALSA.

The Castillo de las Cinca Esquinas (Castle of the Five Corners) also known as the SalvaTierra Castle, can be seen from most areas of Cazorla. It was built in the last third of the 14th century on the remains of an old Arab fortification, probably by Archbishop Pedro Tenorio. It is a contemporary of the Torre del Homenaje del Castillo de la Yedra.

Museums include Centre for Threatened Species, ciCUM centre offers visitors a broad perspective of the forest culture, Visitor Centre for the Tower of Vinegar and the historic olive oil mill La Almedina.

The Iglesia de San Francisco (Church of St Francis) is one of the best known in Cazorla, built in the 17th century on a site previously occupied by an old Franciscan Order convent. The church has a rectangular plan with three naves laterally divided into three planes.

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There are bus services from Cazorla to Jaén, Úbeda, Granada, Baeza, Begijar, Málaga, Peal de Becerro, and Linares using ALSA.

Around 2000 BC, in the oldest terraces of the Cerezuelo de Cazorla River, the first stable towns were established. Near there, on a hill known as Loma del Bellotón, was a small town from the Bronze Age (1500 BC). The Iberian culture developed significantly in these lands.