To 50 kilometers from Cordoba, our cottage is located in an area known as 'Los Pedroches'.
Our cottage has three bedrooms, a living room with fireplace, two bathroom, a lovely private pool and barbecue.
Next to our cottage there are numerous ecological olive groves and beautiful pastureland of oaks or ''dehesas', dairy cattle and Iberian pigs witch give selected “ pata negra ham” with Designation of Origin 'Los Pedroches'. Our olives were the first to take the ecological certification throughout Europe and our olive oil is prized worldwide, it is exquisite
The cottage of our family is in the gentle mountains of Sierra Morena, in Cordoba. Our pleasant rustic house combines traditional elements very well. A very interesting alternative to stay in the middle of nature.
You can go hiking and observing nature and especially watching birds in this area virgin and little known of Andalusia. Throughout the year you can see many birds, raptors like owls, golden eagles, vultures, great diversity of waterfowl, cranes, herons, storks and a variety of small birds and many other birds. Children can enjoy our property because we have a few donkeys.
At 50 km is the natural park of Cardeña, the last place where the iberian Linx lives, this is endangered species.
The cottage is a great place to relax or to make visits to our area or to visit historic cities like Cordoba, Seville and Granada. Our region worthwhile for small provincial trips into Cordoba, and many festivals are organized preferably in the spring and summer.
Nearby are charming mountain villages and in our area of Los Pedroches is a small historical heritage (especially the Sotomayor's Castle), fifteenth century, in Belalcázar, about a hundred kilometers from Cordoba, direction Extremadura.
The areas that you can visit are:
Andalucia:
Our house is near Cordoba, with the Great Mosque, Medina Azahara and the Royal Alcazars as major monuments with a Muslim strong flavor. Cordoba was called the city of three cultures: Muslim, Jewish and Christian. The most popular festivals are Las Cruces, Los Patios and the Feria de Mayo, all in May. If you visit Córdoba in May, you will repeat again.
Major purchases are extra virgin olive oil, ceramics and conventual pastry.
We can also visit Sevilla, which has the cathedral and the Giralda,the Alcázar facing the neighborhoods of Santa Cruz. The main festival is Seville April Fair.
Granada must visit for only one thing, to see the Alhambra, a magnificent Moorish palace with its gardens. Also very interesting their Albaizin and Sacromonte neighborhoods.
you can also visit Ubeda and Baeza, both cities are world heritage for being the Andalusian Renaissance jewelry, plus other interesting cities of Malaga and 'Costa del Sol' , Antequera, Ronda, Ecija, etc.
A village to purchase quality ceramic and cheaply is Bailen, within the province of Jaén.
Our region:
Our region is attractive for a myriad of reasons, we have Cardeña Natural Park which is the biggest reserve of Iberian lynx in Spain.
Our area also offer delicious cuisine, derived from the Iberian pig, with designation of origin for their hams, Our nature is very graceful as they have different habitats, such as the meadow and steppe areas where cranes feed in winter.