Los Tablones: Nature, Festivals and Routes

The Barranco de los Lagos runs along the eastern edge of the settlement; as an important natural feature, it shapes Los Tablones.

Los Tablones is largely surrounded by woodland areas that have been only slightly altered by human intervention. To the north, the views extend across mountainous areas, and to the south as far as the coastal landscape. For your planning, these landscape details can be read separately from the event dates: natural environment, views and paths stand as separate topics alongside festival culture. Anyone wishing to give the days different emphases can consider nature observation, cultural events and sporting routes as separate focal points.

Culture

The traditional patron saint festivals of Los Tablones honour Saint Anthony of Padua and Nuestra Señora la Inmaculada Concepción. They take place every year on the first weekend of September.

The Romería de Los Tablones leads to the Ermita de San Antonio de Padua, the patron saint of Los Tablones. Its route is a little more than three kilometres long.

The traditional Romería de Los Tablones reached its 18th edition. The Romería includes a traditional communal paella.

A living nativity scene was performed in a natural setting near Los Tablones. For Sunday, 22 December 2019, the traditional living nativity scene in Los Tablones was scheduled from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00; it was organised by the Asociación de vecinos San Antonio de Padua Los Tablones.

For your daily planning, you can distinguish between a landscape-related activity, a fixed event date and a movement-oriented route. The date, route length and elevation gain provide different types of planning information and do not indicate the same focus. A day focused on culture can be structured mentally differently from a day focused on sport; festival dates, the processional route and the mountain-bike tour serve as different planning anchors.

Routes

La Ruta de los Tablones is a mountain-bike tour that passes through Los Tablones. It has a cumulative elevation gain of 555 metres.

A tourist route in Los Tablones leads to the small Ermita de San Antonio.

When comparing such routes, length and cumulative elevation gain are two different factors in personal planning.

The landscape and the routes create different emphases: the views of mountainous areas and the coastal landscape describe the spatial impression, while the two routes name specific destinations or a sporting course. Together with the patron saint festivals and the Romería, this creates a picture of the place in which nature, communal tradition and activity stand side by side. The available information can therefore be clearly assigned to different types of daily activities: landscape and culture form separate topics, while the routes complement the activity-oriented part.

Further destinations

Further destinations can be explored via the town pages Cáñar, Cijuela, Diezma, Algarinejo, Los Balcones, Murchas, Caniles and Jayena.

Planning and connections

Los Tablones is connected by two routes: the Antiguo Camino de los Tablones, which is no longer in use today and starts from Las Ventillas, and the Camino de Conservación de la Cota 200.

For the broader travel overview: Granada.