Higuera La Real: Dehesa, Culture and Holiday Apartments

Higuera La Real is part of the Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos de Extremadura. Anyone looking for a holiday apartment in Higuera La Real can choose different focuses for planning their trip, ranging from culture and nature trails to regional traditions.

Culture

An archaeological landmark is Castrejón de Capote. The site is a Celtic settlement from the Iron Age and the only preserved and musealised Celtic archaeological site in the province of Badajoz. It is open to visitors and has a circular route equipped with information panels explaining the site's various points of interest.

The Iglesia de San Bartolomé is a 17th-century Jesuit church with a Latin-cross floor plan, a single-nave layout and a monumental dome. Next to the church is the former Jesuit cloister, which was restored in 2005 and refurbished as a cultural centre for residents and visitors.

The Ermita de Loreto preserves its original square main chapel with a ribbed vault, as well as three portals. The parish church of Santa Catalina Mártir houses six panels by Luis de Morales dating from 1565. The church dates from the 15th century and stands on the foundations of an earlier Gothic church from the 13th century. A distinctive feature is the sculpture known as “Mamarrachá”, a popular granite figure depicting a lioness.

For planning your day, you can distinguish between the archaeological site, religious architecture and individual works of art; no fixed order is required.

Nature

The Ruta de la Albuera begins at Plaza del Loreto and leads through a dehesa landscape to a small albuera. The Ruta de la Pitera is a circular route that begins and ends at the Pilar de los Siete Caños and passes through a dehesa landscape with holm oaks and cork oaks. If you want to compare the routes, you can use the starting point and route type as initial guidance for planning your day.

Castrejón de Capote lies at the confluence of the Sillo and Álamo rivers, on the boundary of the Picos de Aroche and Sierra de Aracena nature park.

When comparing a holiday apartment in Higuera La Real, you can compare travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions on the accommodation pages. This accommodation information can be considered separately from the location details, which offer different cultural, nature and tradition-related themes for trip planning.

Traditions

The Nuestra Señora del Socorro festival takes place on 14 and 15 August and includes the traditional Baile de las Danzantas de la Virgen dance. At the Centro de Interpretación del Cerdo Ibérico, visitors can learn more about the history and ethnography of the town, as well as about the special characteristics of the prestige and quality of acorn-fed Iberian ham and cured meats.

More destinations: Talarrubias, Cheles, Cabeza La Vaca, Higuera De La Serena, Los Santos De Maimona, San Vicente De Alcántara, Badajoz, Ribera Del Fresno

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