Fuente del Pilar – Fuente de El Castillejo loop from Carcabuey

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Fuente del Pilar – Fuente de El Castillejo loop from Carcabuey

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Fuente del Pilar – Fuente de El Castillejo loop from Carcabuey

02:54

9.15km

370m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parque Natural Sierras Subbéticas

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

418 m

Altar of the Virgin of Sorrows

Highlight • Religious Site

This street altar is a popular construction from the 18th century with a rather unique style, with Doric columns and a polychrome wooden figure from the Granada School. To this …

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2.59 km

View of Carcabuey and the Sierras Subbéticas

Highlight • Viewpoint

6.55 km

Fuente de El Castillejo

Highlight • Natural

The Fuente de El Castillejo lies in the middle of ancient olive trees. It is a cattle trough on the Vias Pecuarias. The cattle routes cover more than 30,000 km across Andalusia.

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9.15 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.15 km

1.35 km

1.23 km

422 m

Surfaces

5.89 km

1.70 km

1.41 km

153 m

Elevation

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Highest point (890 m)

Lowest point (580 m)

Weather

Thursday 5 November

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Comments

January 21, 2024,Sendero de la Luca - SL-A 258

The path leads from Plaza España, where you can get maps at the tourist information center, into the old olive plantations. Here you can admire olive trees whose trunks cannot be grasped or have cavities. At some point you can probably hear the vibrating machines used for harvesting. The path goes over wide roads or narrow paths, through the middle …

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