Semana Santa Estepa

Seville enchants

The Molino del Corcho Recreational Area is located a little less than a kilometre and a half from the Cazalla-Constantina train station, next to the Castillejo rest area. It is a unique natural site where the visitor can be in close contact with nature.

The cave is to be found in the surroundings of the Rivera del Huéznar River, in an area formed by Cambrian limestone, which has been perforated by the waters to form the cave.

The Rivera del Huéznar is one of the three great rivers of the Seville’s Sierra Morena, along with the Viar and the Retortillo. Like all the tributaries of the right bank of the Guadalquivir, into which it flows at Tocina, it is a short river, with a winding course and a pronounced gradient.

In the heart of the Sierra Norte Natural Park we find the Portuguese Oak Grove of La Vejera. It is located to the south of Cerro del Hierro, in an lightly sloping area. It is formed by a group of large Portuguese oaks that form a line along a 1 km stretch of a cattle track as it passes through Constantina, the path from San Nicolás del Puerto to Navas de la Concepción.

The Pyrenean oak is a deciduous tree rarely found in Andalusia and classified as a vulnerable species in the Andalusian Catalogue of Threatened Wildlife.

The Venta de Las Navas ZEC belongs to the Guadalquivir sub-basin between Retortillo and Huesna. Geologically, it is characterised by the fact that it runs among hills over metamorphic rocks. The area is mainly included in the mountain range landscape category, within the low mountain range sub-category. 

Located in the Sierra Norte Natural Park, the chestnut grove in Constantina is of great interest, as the chestnut is not a very common tree in the Sierra Norte. In addition to those found in Constantina, there are some spots in Cazalla de la Sierra and the odd isolated specimen in other places.