Málaga Spots › Activities

Photo: Por los caminos de Málaga (CC BY 2.0) · Wikimedia Commons

Vía Verde de la Sierra (Olvera–Puerto Serrano)

Nature and trails · Olvera (Cádiz)

About

• Old route of the Jerez–Almargen railway, never opened, turned into a 36.5 km path between Olvera and Puerto Serrano
• About 30 tunnels (several over 1 km long) and 4 viaducts; next to Olvera station there is a visitor centre
• About 12 km from Olvera, the Peñón de Zaframagón, with more than 200 pairs of griffon vultures and an observatory with cameras on the nests

Good to know

Hire a mountain bike in Olvera (the surface is gravel: thin tyres get punctures) and bring a torch or head torch for the unlit tunnels. To avoid coming back the same way, ask about the pick-up service offered by the hire companies.

Near here

• 
  OlveraVillage · Olvera (Cádiz) · 25 min12th-century Nasrid castle on a rock at 623 m, part of the line of frontier castles; taken by the Christians in 1327
• 
  Setenil de las BodegasVillage · Setenil de las Bodegas (Cádiz) · 25 minVillage with houses tucked under the rock of the Río Trejo gorge; a Historic Site since 1985
• 
  Mesón OñateHome-style game cooking · Zahara de la Sierra · 40 minFamily mesón (traditional restaurant) with a terrace looking over the reservoir; home cooking with plenty of game.
• 
  Zahara-El Gastor reservoir: kayaking and swimming at ArroyomolinosWater sports · Zahara de la Sierra (Cádiz) · 40 minTurquoise reservoir at the foot of Zahara castle

Opening hours and prices can change: check before you go.