20의 국립공원 시에라스 서브베티카스가지 명소 & 주요 장소

An easy tour through the olive groves. We headed north, a total of 40 km round trip. We were traveling in a motorhome and parked at a motorhome parking lot in Cabra.

Very beautifully designed train station

Today, the restaurant "El Tren" is located in the former Cabra train station. There is a hostel attached, offering shared rooms with bunk beds at reasonable prices. Cabra train station was inaugurated in 1893 as part of the narrow-gauge railway line that connected Puente Genil with Linares. Even then, the station was an important meeting point for the community. Over time, the introduction of new means of transport and the modernization of the railway infrastructure led to the closure of the line in 1965. The station building remains a symbol of Cabra's history to this day.

The Doña Mencía station is the only one of the stations that we will find along the nature trail, built on one floor. A few meters from the passenger building and on the same side of the road, there is a building that has been rehabilitated as a bicycle center. This is the old freight dock of the station. The goods were located on open-air docks or other covered docks, depending on their economic value or characteristics. The closed docks consisted of open roof naves, with a small office for the clerk who was responsible for the delivery notes. On one side, the wagons were loaded or unloaded, while on the other side, the vehicles that arrived by road did so. In order to protect the goods during loading and unloading, these buildings were designed with a gable roof that ends in two large lateral overhangs.

Cabra station still has what used to be an old steam locomotive that was used in the past, where the greenway is currently located.

Through the disused Subbética railway lines, previously used by the oil train, you can tour the interior of Andalusia on cycling and hiking itineraries. The beautiful landscapes of the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park mix appropriately with the preserved railway architecture, made up of four viaducts, five stations, a 139 m tunnel, thirteen residential buildings distributed among level crossing boxes (road intersections). , workers' boxes and railway houses, all of them being in different states of conservation. In addition, there are a total of six rest areas that are made up of benches, bench-tables, litter bins and bike racks.

This trail is full of impressive limestone rock walls, with a multitude of vegetation sprouting between its numerous pores. They have been formed over time by the force of the Bailón River. From some angles you can see Zuheros and its castle peeking out between the walls.

Seasonal waterfalls that appear after copious rains. Due to the porosity of the terrain, only when the amount of water is greater than what the terrain is capable of absorbing, do waterfalls form, sometimes even making it difficult to pass and not being able to make the route in a circular way. It is convenient to inquire at the Santa Rita Visitor Center about their status and check if an authorization is required to visit them, which is sometimes established to control the influx of people to this Zone A Reserve of the Protected Natural Area.