Welcome to the beautiful forested hills of Western Andalucia. Jimena de la Frontera is a white hilltop town (pueblo blanco) surrounded on 3 sides by the Los Alconocales National Park, one of Europe’s largest Mediterranean forests and a haven for walkers, bird-watchers, botanists and nature-lovers in general. The park covers 170,000 hectares and the cork oak tree is the main species to make up the extensive forest areas. There are many other types of trees also such as Wild Olive, Rhododendrons, White Poplar, miniature palm, Alder, Ash, Hazel and Gall Oak to name but a few. Heathers and Myrtle grow in abundance.

home | next >