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What to see in Andújar

Capital of the Iberian lynx: the Sierra de Andújar Natural Park harbours the world's highest density of this endangered feline. The Virgen de la Cabeza shrine, the Jándula reservoir and dehesa are of incomparable natural beauty.

4 Sports Activities3 Nature1 Historical Heritage

🏛️ Historical Heritage

⛪ Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Head

A basilica high in the Sierra Morena, destination of Spain's oldest pilgrimage, documented since 1227, gathering hundreds of thousands each April.

Church / Cathedral

🌿 Nature

🦅 Jándula Canyon

A deep, spectacular rocky cleft carved by the Jándula river in the Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, surrounded by wild, intact Mediterranean forest.

Nature

🦅 Sierra de Andújar

A sanctuary for the Spanish imperial eagle, black vulture and lynx, with viewpoints where photographers from all over Europe gather in winter.

Birdwatching

🌲 Sierra de Andújar Natural Park

The world's main sanctuary for the Iberian lynx. A perfect example of dehesa and Mediterranean scrub in the Sierra Morena, with large granite batholiths.

Natural Park

🏄 Sports Activities

🐴 Horse Riding in the Sierra Morena

Routes through the Andújar pastures, the world's best place to see the Iberian lynx, on open tracks among holm oaks and granite batholiths.

Horse riding Moderate

🥾 Iberian Lynx Trail

A route through the Sierra de Andújar among pastures and rockrose, the best place in the world to spot the Iberian lynx, especially at dawn in winter.

Hiking trail Moderate

🪂 Paragliding in the Sierra Morena

Flights over the Andújar pastures, with gentle spring thermals and the chance to fly over the world's finest Iberian lynx territory.

Free flight Moderate

🚴 Sierra de Andújar MTB Route

Tracks through pastures and Mediterranean scrub in the world sanctuary of the Iberian lynx, with granite batholiths and gorges in the Sierra Morena.

Cycling route Moderate

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