| The Sierra de Cadiz, constituted by 19 | | | | Prehistoric Period, the Roman-Iberian |
| townships, is a region full of natural, | | | | Period and the Medieval Period. |
| environmental, cultural, historical, and | | | | The Prehistoric Route is formed by the |
| anthropological resources. The so-called | | | | visits to the funeral assemblages dated |
| White Villages offer us a wide range of | | | | between the fourth and the second |
| unparalleled tourist possibilities. The | | | | Millennium B.C., between the end of the |
| colour of its rough geography, the | | | | Neolithic and the beginnings of the |
| whiteness and brightness of its streets, | | | | Bronce Ages, such as the Alberite Dolmen |
| the greenness of its natural spaces, the | | | | in Villamarin, the El Charcon Dolmen in |
| location of its towns and the history | | | | El Gastor, Tomillos Dolmens in Alcala |
| transmitted through every spot and its | | | | del Valle and the Prehistoric Necropolis |
| most prized possession.... its people! | | | | of Fuente de Ramos in Puerto Serrano. |
| The Sierra de Cadiz has been inhabited | | | | In the Roman-Iberian route we can visit |
| and visited from the most distant times | | | | the city of Sierra de Aznar in Arcos de |
| and it has contemplated the passing of | | | | la Frontera with its striking 'Castellum |
| numerous peoples, cultures and different | | | | Aquae', the Roman-Iberian cities of |
| ways of living and thinking. From the | | | | Ocuri in Ubrique, Carissa Aurelia in |
| Palaeolithic to the present day la | | | | Espera and Saepo in the so-called Cerro |
| sierra has welcomed amidst its striking | | | | de la Botinera in Algodonales. |
| geographic and environmental resources, | | | | The Medieval route includes many |
| all those who have chosen it as a home, | | | | villages of the Frontier between |
| dwelling, refuge or frontier. That's why | | | | Christians and Muslims, like the |
| such a beautiful and spectacular | | | | medieval village of Zahara de la Sierra, |
| landscape hides a treasure, the traces | | | | Olvera's stronghold, the Great Wall of |
| of our ancestors, our historical memory. | | | | Torre-Alhaquime, the Barrio Nazari in |
| Remains of towns, settlements, cities, | | | | Benaocaz and the paved roads on |
| strongholds, villages, roads and paths | | | | Villaluega del Rosario and Grazalema. |
| exhibit nowadays a huge and rich | | | | Apart from the archaeological resources |
| cultural legacy represented in a | | | | the area also offers two extraordinary |
| substantial number of archaeological | | | | Natural Parks: Grazalema and Los |
| sites spread all around the regional | | | | Alcornocales. The Sierra de Grazalema is |
| geography. The archaeological route of | | | | located between the Andalusian provinces |
| the white villages is addressed to a | | | | of Cadiz and Malaga and it houses an |
| public that is respectful to the | | | | important relict wooded-patch of Spanish |
| patrimony and thirsty for knowledge and | | | | fir, a tree that has become a symbol of |
| discoveries. | | | | these mountains. The entire territory of |
| In the district of El Bosque, entrance | | | | the Sierra de Grazalema Nature Park was |
| to the Natural Park of Sierra de | | | | declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO |
| Grazalema, you can visit the Centre of | | | | in 1977. And Between the Sierra de |
| Interpretation of the Archaeological | | | | Grazalema and Punta de Tarifa, stand a |
| Route of the White Villages. The | | | | series of middle-sized mountains whose |
| Archaeological Route is divided in three | | | | interior houses Natural Park Los |
| sub-routes based on the three periods in | | | | Alcornocales, the 'kingdom of the cork |
| which la Sierra enjoyed its most | | | | oak' which is the most important |
| considerable historic prominence: The | | | | formation on the Iberian Peninsula. |