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What to see and do in Villaluenga del Rosario

What to see and do in Villaluenga del Rosario (Sierra de Cádiz, Cádiz): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Food and drink

How far each place is from the centre of Villaluenga del Rosario

Plaza de toros de Villaluenga del Rosario 50 m

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What to see and do in Villaluenga del Rosario

Villaluenga del Rosario
Village
The smallest and highest municipality (858 m) in Cádiz province, of Arab origin, conquered by Rodrigo Ponce de León in 1485; in 1498 it was designated the capital of the lordship of the Siete Villas of the sierra.
Plaza de toros de Villaluenga del Rosario
Monument
Built in dry stone with an octagonal (not circular) plan, it is the oldest documented bullring in Cádiz province: its existence is recorded as early as 1792, though its exact construction date is unknown because the municipal archive burned in 1936.
Sima de Villaluenga y Sima del Republicano
Nature
Villaluenga del Rosario, right in the heart of the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, holds the Sima de Villaluenga (over 200 m deep with 3 km of galleries) and the Sima del Republicano, with a 258 m vertical shaft used for climbing and sport caving.
Queso payoyo de Villaluenga
Food and drink
Villaluenga del Rosario is one of the main producers of payoyo cheese, made with payoya goat's milk; the municipality joined the European Cheese Route in 2017 and was named European Cheese Capital in 2020.