🏘️ Municipalities in Jaén
Jaén · 23 places to see
The olive capital with Santa Catalina castle dominating the city from its hilltop. Underrated and generous, its Arab baths and Renaissance cathedral are little-known gems.…
Sierra de Cazorla · 22 places to see
Spain's largest protected natural area (214,000 ha) and a Biosphere Reserve. The source of the Guadalquivir, laricio pine forests, deer, mountain goats and griffon vultures in their pure state.…
Úbeda y Baeza · 20 places to see
Two sister cities of the Spanish Renaissance, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Their palaces, churches and 16th-century squares designed by Andrés de Vandelvira are Spain's most important Renaissance ensemble.…
Andújar · 8 places to see
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.…
Bailén · 7 places to see
The city of victory, where in 1808 General Castaños defeated the Napoleonic army in Napoleon's first major defeat in Europe. Its olive oils and ceramics are of the highest quality.…
La Carolina · 7 places to see
An Enlightenment city founded in 1767 by Charles III with German and Swiss settlers to repopulate Sierra Morena. Its grid urban layout, unique in Andalusia, reflects 18th-century Enlightenment ideals.…
Linares · 5 places to see
A mining city where Manolete, the greatest bullfighter of the 20th century, died. Roman lead, the ancient olive tree and the Archaeological Museum with the treasures of Cástulo define this characterful city.…
Segura de la Sierra · 4 places to see
One of Spain's most beautiful villages, perched at 1,100 metres beneath a castle of the Order of Santiago, birthplace of the poet Jorge Manrique in the heart of the natural park.…
Quesada · 3 places to see
A white village at the gateway to Cazorla, birthplace of the painter Rafael Zabaleta and starting point for the Tíscar Water Cave and the source of the Guadalquivir.…
Alcalá la Real · 2 places to see
The Fortaleza de La Mota, one of Spain's most important medieval complexes, crowns the hill above the city with views over the historic border between Granada and Castile.…
Martos · 2 places to see
World capital of table olives with the Peña de Martos, a massive 600-metre limestone block dominating the Jaén countryside. Its centuries-old olive groves and olive oil are its great wealth.…
Villacarrillo · 2 places to see
The capital of the Las Villas district, surrounded by the densest olive grove on earth, with a church designed by Vandelvira and direct access to the Cazorla park.…
Torreperogil · 2 places to see
A town on the Loma de Úbeda known for its wines with geographical indication, unique in a province otherwise completely dominated by olive groves.…
Alcaudete · 1 places to see
A town of the Order of Calatrava dominated by a restored 13th-century castle, in the heart of the Sierra Sur and the world's largest sea of olive trees.…
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