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Baños de Popea Waterfalls

Name: Baños de Popea Waterfalls
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Location: Cordoue, Campiña Baja, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

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Ilona

November 11, 2019

In the heart of the Sierra Morena near Santa María de Trassiera are the "Baños de Popea", a unique natural spectacle with a series of small waterfalls. Nearby are some Moorish mills whose ruins can be visited

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Cut_the_crap

March 21, 2025

The Baths of Poppaea are a natural stretch of small waterfalls alternating with small pools that follow the course of the Molino stream, near the mouth of the Guadiato River. This area was visited by Christopher Columbus.
Its name comes from the place where the Cordoba poets of the Cántico Group used to visit, as during the Franco regime it was a safe place, away from the scrutiny of this intellectual group, as well as the homosexuality of some of them. One day, three members of the group, Pablo García Baena, Juan Bernier, and Ricardo Molina, were walking when they saw some girls bathing in the stream. The latter exclaimed, "Look, like Poppaea in the bath," referring to the Roman Empress Poppaea Sabina, a prominent figure at the time due to the film The Sign of the Cross (1932), in which actress Claudette Colbert appeared bathing in donkey's milk, just as the Empress did. The girls told the residents of Trassierra about this incident, and from then on, the story spread and became known as the Baths of Poppea.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C3%B1os_de_Popea

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Lida

February 27, 2024

Please note that this highlight is also listed in the description as a parking spot. However, we found that it is not allowed to drive up to the indicated parking spot/start of the route with a car. Just park near the jardin de popea and start the hike from there, it will add 2.5 km to the distance but is not too bad.

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Location: Cordoue, Campiña Baja, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

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