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Feb 4, 2022 · Narrow steep streets in Zahara de la Sierra. Whichever one is true, Zahara de la Sierra is a truly remarkable place. Located in the scenic foothills of the Sierra del Jaral, within walking distance of Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, it is a terrific place for sightseeing, hiking or birdwatching (Zahara is a very popular “twitcher” town).
Website. Official website. Zahara de la Sierra is a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the hills of Andalusia, southern Spain. It is perched on a mountain, overlooking a valley and a man-made lake formed by the dam that must be driven over to access the town. It is considered to be one of the pueblos blancos or "white towns" because the ...
Zahara de la Sierra - History. by Chris Chaplow. Zahara was once described by the romantic British traveller Richard Ford, as a "Moorish eagle's nest - the castle (and town) date back to Moorish times. It was an ideal place to build a fortification located between Sevilla and Ronda and the earliest documented reference dates to 1282.
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Jun 3, 2021 · Fascinating Spain. 03 Jun. Dawn breaks in Zahara de la Sierra, in Cádiz. A slow dawn in a parenthesis of white houses between mountains. The sky is clear, illuminated by the rays of sunlight that touch the silhouette of the castle rising. A few white clouds are outlined between the fleeting reflections of the village on the mirror of the reserve.
A few words about Zahara de la Sierra. The picturesque white village of Zahara de la Sierra is in the province of Cadiz. It forms part of the famous Route of the White Villages. It is a village nestling on a beautiful rocky promontory, dominated by a 15th-century tower. This tower was built on the remains of a Moorish fortress.
A trip to 2 towns in the province of Cadiz - one inland, as is the case of Zahara de la Sierra and another on the coast, Zahara de los Atunes. Two towns with the same name but a different surname. One is mountain style - full of whitewashed streets, in the heart of the Sierra de Grazalema Nature Park…
Zahara. Located in the north west of the province, practically all of its municipal area belongs to Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park. The village, once a Nazari border fortress, stands atop a hill, at the foot of the remains of the castle, and consists of streets of stepped white houses built on the mountain slope creating a scene of immense ...
