RURAL HOUSE FUENTE ZAGRILLA II. Viso nº 9 of the town of Zagrilla Alta (Priego de Cordoba) is located in the middle of the Natural Park of the Subbetic Mountains, in the municipality of Priego de Córdoba. It is 2 km away. from Priego de Córdoba and the main thing that is located in the center of Andalusia 0.45 minutes from CORDOBA, GRANADA AND 1. 45 minutes from SEVILLA.
Zagrilla Alta has among other specific attractions an inexhaustible spring of crystalline water that is born from the rock giving name to the Zagrilla River, flanked in turn by a public laundry still in use, where the local people wash in a traditional way preserving a social rite in danger of extinction. Its streets border the saw irregularly, following the Arab constructive model (white town with whitewashed facades, recesses and corners, discretion in the exteriors, floral exuberance in the inner courtyards).
In the vicinity of Zagrilla the Trufa Mycological Garden has been launched, unique in Europe for its characteristics, where you can see multiple varieties of mushrooms and fungi, as well as know their properties.
In the surroundings there are natural places of great beauty, being able to access them through trails, by bike or even on the back of a horse. Also in a radius not exceeding 45 minutes by car, we can visit villages of great historical-artistic, archaeological or landscape interest. Unavoidable visits are the Monumental Villa of Priego de Córdoba, the Museum and Archaeological Ensemble of Almedinilla, The Cave of the Bats, castle and viewpoints of Zuheros, the agri-food museums and the Andalusian Donkey Reserve in Rute, El Castillo de la Mota and the Monumental complex of Alcalá la Real and the place known as Fuente del Río, as well as the Hermitage of the Virgen de la Sierra in Cabra, as well as the archaeological site of Torreparedones, in Baena
There is a wide network of described and marked trails. especially highlighting the greenway, which crosses a large part of the subbética natural park.
There is also the possibility to taste the delicacies and typical dishes of the area, such as the loin of orza, chorizo and blood sausage, orange and cod soak, etc., in restaurants and inns near our house: Restaurante La Fuente , Casa Paco Bar, (Zagrilla Alta), Tourist Villa of Priego, Los Alamos Inn (Zagrilla Baja), Hotel Garden of the Doves, Restaurant El Balcón del Adarve (Priego de Córdoba). You can also buy bread and homemade sweets in the village In Zuheros you can taste a fine organic goat cheese. In Priego the delicious turrolates. In Rute you can taste different varieties of Anise and liquors, as well as pioneers, puff pastries and Christmas sweets. The virgin olive oil of the region is of excellent quality and flavor, as well as sausages, many of them handmade. Doña Mencía wineries house the best wines in the area.
Municipalities and cities to visit from CASA RURAL FUENTE ZAGRILLA I.
