About Amalia Santiago
¡Hola! Soy Amalia, aventurera y editora oficial de Colecciones en komoot 😃 Paso mi tiempo libre buscando inspiración mientras ando por la montaña o hago largos en la piscina y uso esa inspiración para crear mis colecciones.
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The last stage of the GR 247 runs along narrow traditional paths with splendid panoramic views. Among the most curious places on the route, you will pass through a unique holly forest (yes, in southern Europe!), through a well where snow was stored for use in summer and through the so-called “Hole stone…
February 28, 2023
Stage 20 of the GR 247 runs through land governed by black pines and calares, those flattened mountains so typical of this area. They are the absolute protagonists of this tour. The Route also passes through several points that offer impressive panoramic views, such as the Góntar pass. Plus, you may…
February 28, 2023
This is a short stage, but full of surprises. Going into this Route you will enjoy extraordinary panoramic views from high points, immense pine forests and small villages of white houses lost in the mountains.
From the Segura river valley you pass to the Los Anchos stream, even more solitary and narrow…
February 28, 2023
This stage passes through the typical livestock landscapes of the Santiago-Pontones area to end in the Segura river valley. Most of the Route runs through pastureland, with few trees and at an altitude of 1,400-1,600 meters.
The highlight of the itinerary is the Cuesta de Despiernacaballos, a vertiginous…
February 28, 2023
Stage 17 of the GR 247 continues through part of the unique Campos de Hernán Perea, with its pastures that feed the Segureña sheep and its wide horizons flanked by high mountains. Although the land seems desolate, you will rarely be alone, since it is very likely that you will come across one of the…
February 28, 2023
This stage of the GR 247 runs through the high plateau of the Campos de Hernán Perea, a flat landscape dotted with sinkholes and chasms and flanked by the highest peaks in the park. Walking through these terrains is like exploring a lunar landscape.
Part of the route also runs along cattle trails, which…
February 28, 2023
After a long stage, the GR 247 rewards you with a much shorter one, but just as impressive. The Route runs at an altitude of between 1,500 and almost 1,600 meters and takes you along paths that are black pine territory. Among all those trees, you will see one that stands out from the rest: the Félix…
February 28, 2023
This stage has the Guadalentín river as its axis. Although the Route is quite long on its own, I have included a small detour at the beginning to reach the Guazalamanco waterfalls, since they are so incredible that it is well worth extending the route a bit.
Back on the main path of the GR, you will see…
February 28, 2023
This stage runs through the mountains where the last maquis in the province of Jaén took refuge after the Civil War. You will go through the same paths that they used until 1952, when the last group of the Jaén resistance dissolved.
The route takes you through a natural balcony between totally different…
February 28, 2023
No one can deny that Jaén is a true interior paradise and, if there is one place that stands out from the rest, it is the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park. The Bosques del Sur trail (GR 247) is a circular route that runs through a large part of this enclave full of biodiversity and…