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gura

, Gén

ave

and

Villa

rrod

rigo,

as

wel

l as

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Sier

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d la

s Vi

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ural

Par

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1. The trail begins at an olive grove, next to a farm

house, around km

217 of the N-322 road. It runs along alm

ost entirely along the old railroad system

, using many of

the infrastructure that was built for the train. The first

of these infrastructures that the trail encounters is the viaduct over the G

uadalaviar river, which is also the

starting point of an almost continuous ascent until the

end of this route. Soon the traveller will m

eet the first of m

any passages under paths and roads, just before a stretch shared w

ith vehicles. Not too further on, the

trail reaches a rest area located at the top of one of tho-se passages over the railroad platform

.

2. The itinerary is not very tough, alm

ost following a straight

route, with a m

ain landscape consisting of olive groves. The trail passes over brooks or under tunnels, leaving a rest area on the side w

hich takes advantage of the sha-de provided by a great pine tree, until it reaches another stretch that is shared.

3. Right after crossing a bridge over a road, travellers m

ust be especially cautious, because the trail leaves the dirt path to continue, on the right, on a road that allow

s crossing the N

-322 road. Once on the other side, the

trail leaves the road and makes a detour on the left that

meets the dirt road again and w

hich reaches the Puente de G

énave station.

4.

The trail continues taking a long but smooth curve to

the left in order to come closer to the tow

n of Bonache,

plunging into the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las

Villas Natural Park, and changing the landscape w

hen traversing a pine grove for a couple of kilom

etres. This curve changes direction suddenly as it passes by a dam

in the Viña brook and the pine grove is abandoned soon after the trail com

es to a new rest area.

5. A

fter crossing the street, the trail continues alongsi-de the train platform

among greenhouses, houses and

small gardens, reaching a bike lane that overlaps w

ith the rural trail, leading to the w

ay of Granadillos. From

here, the view

s include the coast of Grajuela, the point

of Guapo on the background and the m

arina, together w

ith the traditional fishing weirs.

6. After a straight low

-gradient but continuous ascent, the trail reaches the G

énave station. From here, you

can access the town of G

énave, where the Tercia tow

er (declared Site of C

ultural Interest) or the church of the Inm

aculada Concepción. Further on, given that the

views appear once you cross a couple of brooks and

pass by a long straight, you can observe, on the left side of the trail and over a hillock, the La Laguna tow

er, w

hich is part of the town of G

énave, and also declared Site of C

ultural Interest.

7. A

fter passing under a path that leaves the ruins of a farm

house on one side, the trail plunges into an oak pasture, w

hich means the end of the olive grove as the

omnipresent landscape, w

hich will be replaced near

the trail by broom fields w

here some oaks are splashed

on the first stretch, and then by croplands once the trail reaches the V

illarrodrigo station.

8. Next to a rest area, the detour tow

ards the town of

Villarrodrigo (som

ehow far from

the trail) is the last place w

here you can access easily this nature trail, via a secondary road connecting the N

-322 road with the

aforementioned tow

n. The route still continues among

croplands until it reaches the provincial limit, w

here it is connected w

ith the Sierra de Alcaraz N

ature Trail.

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The Segura Nature Trail runs entirely w

ithin the Sierra de Segura County, w

hich is 70% of the surface of the

Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas N

atural Park.

This Natural Park is the largest protected area in Spain.

This mountain area w

as declared Biosphere Reserve in 1983 by U

NESCO

, and it is also considered a privileged natural area by the European U

nion, which declared it

SPA (Special Protection A

rea for Birds) in 1988 and SCI

(Site of Comm

unity Importance) in 2006, becom

ing part of the N

atura 2000 network.

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