Cazalla de la Sierra lies in the middle of the Sierra
morena de Sevilla Nature Park and is an ideal place
to relax or practice adventure sports in close contact
with nature. Also in case you are travelling with
children, Cazalla has the El Remolino school farm
where an understanding of and closeness to nature
and the rural environment, with active participation
in learning encourages children’s respect for
the environment and tolerance in their design with
others. You can sleep in the Tourist Villas and at
a former silver smelter – later a lye factory-you
can camp with tents and enjoy the Camping installations,
as well as wander through the gallery forest or fish
in the river.
Another possibility might be in the La Cartuja hostelry.
Many hiking trails await you, excursions to visit
the hermitages of nuestra Señora del Monte,
El Martinete, the reservoir of El Pintado, the isla
Margarita…, learning rock climbing in the mountain
school of Cerro del Hierro, travelling various routes
by horseback or visiting the Santiago Caves, which
have a lake that is navigable with a rubble boat and
cave diving equipment, but only on certain dates with
a permit.
In some vacations what one wants to do is feel in
contact with nature, practice all kinds of adventure
sports in areas of incalculable environmental value
and witness long-entrenched Andalusia-flavoured fiestas
and traditions such as the Carnival, the floral games
in June the May crosses or the procession of the Virgen
del Carmen.
There will also be no shortage of monuments to see
in your passage through this picturesque village.
Awaiting you are the former convents of San Agustin
and San Francisco, the church of Nuestra Señora
de la consolación, the church of Nustra Señora
del Carmen, the convent church of Madre de Dios, the
church of the former convent of Santa Clara or the
Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Monte.
But what will most impress you is the Cartuja of
Cazalla, the complex has been restored and conditioned
in modern times in such a way that you can appreciate
the different departments of the monastery; kitchens,
refectories, lesser cloister, cells…Other quarters
that surround the monastery are the orchard, the olive
oil mill and the turtle pool, next to the Sacramento
Chapel.