Surroundings: Casadelaida is 1648m/5406ft high, just in the Sierra Nevada Natural and National Reserve, in a biosphere reserve with great biological diversity of exclusive and endemic species. The Cortijo is located among landscapes of high and medium-height mountains, the thaw, springs, puddles, cultivation orchards and the Andalusian legacy. Thanks to its climate, geographical location and orography, you have a wide range of opportunities, both to practice sports or to enjoy the landscape, its flora and fauna: hand-gliding, parachuting, a balloon trip, skiing ( mountaineering, cross-country), hiking, trekking, horse ridding, bike riding, fishing (trout fishing is very popular), hunting and much more.
Details: The Cortijo has everything you need for a perfect stay. Every corner is a melting pot of different cultures and races reminiscent of the wisdom of our ancestors.
Places in the nearby:
The Cortijo is located 300m/328yd from the Monarchil River. 1.300 m/1421yd from the town and shops. 2 km/1,24mi from los Cahorros (a gorge of the Monarchil River), the hanging bridges (55m/180ft height) and the feets of the Veleta Peak (3.392m/10922ft). 3 km/1.86mi from the Cerro de la Encina, an archeological deposit of the Bronze Age (full address: C/Águila, s/N Monachil [Postal Code] 18193). 15 km/9.32mi from the Huenes Valley (taking its name through the Huenes Stream, an affluent to the Monarchil River, crossing the Valley and flowing by the Trevenque mountains). 16 km/9,94mi from the Cortijuela botanical Gardens (access through a pedestrian path which starts at the Hervidero fountain and crosses such colourful and picturesque places as the Puente de los 7 Ojos, a bridge).
Located at the heart of the Andalusian province, the Cortijo offers a wide range of places you may want to visit: Jaen (74km/46mi), Málaga (91km/56mi), Almería (101km/63mi), Cordoba (138km/85mi), Sevile (263km/163mi), Huelva (340km/211mi), Cádiz (342km/212mi), and much more.
Sounds:
Casadelaida invites the traveler to listen to the flowing of the stream water, the singing of the birds, the sighing of the wind, the moving of the poplar grove leaves and the life of nature.
