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Where to Eat in Zahara de la Sierra: The Best Restaurants and Tapas Bars Zahara de la Sierra is not only a feast for the eyes, with its imposing medieval castle and whitewashed streets; it also wins you over through the stomach. After climbing its steep slopes or hiking through the Garganta Verde, your body will be crying out for a seat and a good taste of the gastronomy of the Sierra de Cádiz. This is proper cooking: traditional stews, charcoal-grilled meats, Iberian cured meats, the famous payoyo cheese and, of course, everything drizzled with excellent local olive oil.

Zahara de la Sierra Beach: A Guide to “La Playita” in Arroyomolinos When people think of the province of Cádiz, they automatically picture kilometres of fine sand, dunes and Atlantic waves. However, right in the heart of the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park lies one of inland Andalusia’s best-kept secrets for escaping the summer heat: Zahara de la Sierra Beach, known by everyone as “La Playita”. Located in the Arroyomolinos Recreation Area, right at the foot of Monte Prieto and beside the Zahara-El Gastor reservoir, this oasis covers more than 63,000 square metres. Here, the course of the river has

View of the Sierra de Grazalema from Zahara de la Sierra, Cádiz Natural Park, rural hiking There are places that seem to have been designed by a painter with a poet’s soul, and Zahara de la Sierra is one of them. Perched on the slopes of the Sierra del Jaral, in the heart of the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, this white village in Cádiz welcomes you with an almost unreal contrast: the immaculate white of its limewashed houses, the green of its prehistoric vegetation and the turquoise blue of its reservoir. Declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1983 and officially