🏛️ Historical Heritage
🎨 Ambrosio Cave
In Vélez-Blanco, an important Upper Palaeolithic site with Solutrean parietal art between 15,000 and 22,000 years old.
Archaeological Site🏯 House of the Arches of Vélez-Blanco
A Renaissance manor at the foot of the castle, with an arched gallery over the valley and heraldic decoration of the Fajardo lineage, lords of Los Vélez.
Palace or civil architecture🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Arc
A World Heritage Site. Caves and shelters with Levantine prehistoric art across Almería, Granada and Jaén, including the Cueva de los Letreros with the Indalo.
Rock art or historic site🏰 Vélez-Blanco Castle
A 16th-century palatial fortress whose Renaissance courtyard in Macael marble was sold and is today displayed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Castle🌿 Nature
🌲 Sierra María-Los Vélez Natural Park
A surprising landscape of contrasts in northern Almería, where arid limestone peaks coexist with lush Aleppo pine forests and ancient rock paintings.
Natural Park🍽️ Gastronomy
🫕 Gypsy Pot
A legume stew very traditional in the inland areas of Almería and Granada, surprising for adding pumpkin, green beans and pear to the chickpea broth.
Gastronomy🏄 Sports Activities
🪂 Paragliding at Sierra María
Take-offs in northern Almería flying over a landscape of contrasts between limestone peaks, pine woods and the arid basins of Los Vélez.
Free flight Moderate🪢 Sierra María Canyons
Dry beginner descents in northern Almería, with abseils on limestone and no water most of the year, ideal for learning technique.
Canyoning Easy⛰️ Sierra María and María Peak
A 2,045-metre summit in northern Almería, with replanted pine woods, frequent winter snow and views to Sierra Nevada and the Murcia highland.
High mountain Moderate🚴 Sierra María-Los Vélez MTB Route
Tracks through the natural park of northern Almería among replanted pine woods and limestone peaks, with the Cueva de los Letreros shelter on the route.
Cycling route ModerateVélez-Blanco on the map
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