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Attractions

Ermita San Antonio - Frailes

The charming silhouette of this chapel consists of a narrow façade topped by a belfry with a bell which rings every time a devotee arrives or leaves.

Ermita San Pedro - Frailes

San Pedro is a small chapel in the form of a room that Antonio Pareja, better known as Tío Pelos, gave for the followers of the Patron of the town.

Zip line and Hanging Bridge at Frailes

This thrilling experience begins with zooming over an 80m drop on a 130m zip line across the Velillos River. It is the only urban zip line in the world that starts from a Town Hall. The experience continues across the 150m Colgante Bridge, where you can enjoy wonderful views as you reach the starting point. Visitors can continue the adventure by climbing and abseiling down a climbing wall.

Iglesia de Santa Lucía - Frailes

In 1550, Pedro de Valencia built a small chapel at his own expense, on a site that he acquired from Bartolomé Fernández de Montemolín, and paid for the image of Santa Lucía.

Casa del Deán Mudarra - Frailes

The house of Ezequiel Mudarra was built at the end of the 1920s by master builder Domingo Sánchez Velasco, known as ‘Dominguito’.

Lavadero del Nacimiento - Castillo de Locubín

The washhouse at the source of the Río San Juan has a rectangular floor plan. The building is of great architectural value, but also presents ethnographical points of interest because of the activity which took place there.

Castillo de la Villeta - Castillo de Locubín

The castle has a circular plan, preserving part of the northwest wall. However, its impressive cylindrical tower was demolished by strong winds at the end of the sixteenth century. Declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1985.

Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol - Castillo de Locubín

The church was built to replace an old medieval temple, somewhere between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, coinciding with a significant population growth at the time and taking into account the artistic trends of that time.

Casa Museo Antiguo Hospital - Castillo de Locubín

The Museum of Popular Arts and Customs, curated by Consuelo Castillo González and José Antonio Expósito Torres, occupies a beautiful and spacious eighteenth-century building, patiently refurbished by its creator.

Museo Pablo Rueda - Castillo de Locubin

This museum is modern, elegant, descriptive and entertaining, immersing visitors in the surprising and creative world of sculptor Pablo Rueda. His busts, paintings and recreations of everyday objects invariably evoke a strong response from observers.

Ermita de San Antón - Alcaudete

The chapel is believed to have existed as early as 1511. It is mentioned in a host of manuscripts thereafter and is currently in ruins, but it has a wonderful viewpoint. The chapel was famous for hosting the holy protector of animals.

Castillo de Alcaudete - Alcaudete

The impressive fortress was built in Emral times, and became famous for being inaccessible during the Caliphate period. The fortress was the protective centre of a commercially very active medina, located on an important road and commercial network; militarily it was coveted by both Muslims and Christians

Centro de Interpretación  - Alcaudete

The Interpretation Centre transports the visitor to the thirteenth century to discover first-hand the origin and history of the Military Order of Calatrava and the inner workings of a castle on the border with the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada