Hernan Perea’s Fields II

Published on 20/03/2017

Santiago-Pontones (Sierra de Segura)

Nature, Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park

With this second article we end our journey across the spectacular high plateau of the Campos de Hernán Perea.
Along the way we take in the grandeur of emblematic places such as the Poyos de la Mesa, the Salto de la Novia and the Estrecho de los Perales.
We meet the Galapán pine, a black pine more than 400 years old and 40 metres tall, without doubt the most emblematic tree of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park.
We end our visit to the plateau at the hamlet of Don Domingo, near Santiago de la Espada.

More about this place…

To speak of the Campos de Hernán Perea is to speak of one of the most spectacular landscapes there is to enjoy. A place to travel back in time and cut yourself off almost completely from civilisation. At about 1,700 metres up, the harsh winter weather leaves these 5,000 hectares practically uninhabited, in the keeping of the shepherds who still ply their trade in the mountains. Crossing the plateau, always avoiding winter, is a must for any self-respecting hiker and an experience impossible to forget.

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