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What to see and do in Zafrilla

What to see and do in Zafrilla (Serranía Alta, Cuenca): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 2 Curiosities · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Zafrilla: festival calendar

August: Festivities of San Agustín de Zafrilla (August 28)

Towns near Zafrilla

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What to see and do in Zafrilla

Zafrilla
Village
Zafrilla is a municipality in the Serranía Alta district, in the province of Cuenca, with 59 inhabitants (INE 2025). Its town center, at 1,425 meters, is the highest-altitude municipal capital in Castilla-La Mancha, surrounded by extensive pine forests and valleys sheltering deer, fallow deer, wild boar, griffon vultures and golden eagles; the municipal area culminates at the Alto del Oso, 1,827 meters high. The river Zafrilla rises near La Veredilla and flows into the Cabriel, and more than a hundred springs are scattered across the territory. Its climate is cold, with an average of 160 frost days a year: in January 2021, after storm Filomena, temperatures of -24.1 °C were recorded in the village and -33.5 °C in the Rincón valley. It celebrates its San Agustín festivities with bull runs and popular races.
Zafrilla, the highest municipal seat in Castilla-La Mancha
Curiosity
Zafrilla, in the Serranía Alta of Cuenca, has its town centre at 1,425 metres above sea level, the highest among the municipal capitals of Castilla-La Mancha. Today it has barely 59 inhabitants, far from the 569 it reached in the mid-19th century. Already in 1546 Juan Villuga's road guide listed it as a stop between Cuenca and Tortosa, and in 1850 Pascual Madoz described it surrounded by pine forests. On its territory rises the Alto del Oso, at 1,827 metres, next to the Zafrilla river and about a hundred springs, with deer, wild boar, roe deer, golden eagles and griffon vultures. Winters are harsh, with 160 frost days a year; in January 2021 it reached -24.1 degrees after storm Filomena. Its patron saint is Saint Augustine, on 28 August, with bull runs (encierros) by the Hermanos Mora.
Alto del Oso
Nature
The highest point in the district of Zafrilla, at 1,827 metres, among extensive pine woods and mountain valleys inhabited by deer, wild boar and abundant birdlife.
The January 2021 cold record
Curiosity
During the cold snap of January 2021 a temperature of -24.1 °C was recorded in Zafrilla, one of the lowest ever measured in Spain, comparable to those of the Picos de Europa.
Festivities of San Agustín de Zafrilla
Activity
Patron saint festival of Zafrilla in honour of San Agustín, with bull runs and fun runs.
Mountain lamb and kid goat
Food and drink
The flocks that make use of the high pastures give lambs and kids of lean meat, which are roasted in a wood-fired oven or stewed in a caldereta with garlic and paprika. It is the festival dish in the highest towns of the province.