Los Pedroches and Hinojosa del Duque

Cranes in the dehesa with the village behind

Our region

Los Pedroches is a region of 17 villages, where the dehesa, history, food and traditions are part of a landscape that deserves to be explored slowly.

From Casa Amelia, in Hinojosa del Duque, we invite you to discover a land of centuries-old holm oaks, villages full of history, flavours of its own and nights under one of the most special skies in Europe, recognised as a Starlight Reserve.

We believe some places are worth discovering little by little: walking without hurry, turning into a street that wasn't on the map, sitting in a square, trying a dish you didn't know, or being surprised by a landscape at sunset.

But we don't want to show you everything.Because travelling is also discovering.And we want Los Pedroches to be part of your memory of Casa Amelia.

Stone façade of the Catedral de la Sierra

Hinojosa del Duque, our home

Hinojosa del Duque is the perfect place to start discovering Los Pedroches. A town of tradition, heritage and quiet life, surrounded by the landscapes of the dehesa.

Catedral de la Sierra

The parish church of San Juan Bautista is one of the most monumental in northern Córdoba.

Convent of La Purísima Concepción with its long stone arcade wall

Convent of the Purísima Concepción

Its monumental façade presides over one of the town’s loveliest squares.

The whitewashed Ermita de Santa Ana with its arcades and brick paving

Hermitage of Santa Ana

A Historic-Artistic Monument since 1984, now a Site of Cultural Interest.

Ermita del Santo Cristo at dusk, white on a hilltop

Hermitages

San Sebastián and San Bartolomé (14th century), Santo Domingo in the dehesa, the Virgen del Castillo and the Cristo de las Injurias, with sunset views.

Pilar de los Llanos

A 16th-century Renaissance fountain beside the Cañada Real Soriana.

A square in Hinojosa del Duque with orange trees and street lamps

Los Silos

The old public granary, already mentioned in 1584.

Ethnological Museum

An 18th-century manor house turned museum in 2006, with over 2,000 pieces lent by locals. C/ Cánovas del Castillo. Audio guides and a virtual tour on the tourism website.

Red sunset among holm oaks in the dehesa

The dehesa at sunset

Among centuries-old holm oaks, the sky changes colour and everything falls quiet.

Chapel of the Virgen del Castillo

With views of the sunset.

Chapel of the Cristo de las Injurias

With views of the sunset.

Fuente La Zarza Peri-urban Park

A peri-urban park of over 315 hectares of holm oak woodland, about 12 km from town. It was created in 2000 to protect the wintering cranes, from early November to late February. It has observatories and recreation areas.

Cranes Route

15 km, easy. Starts at the Pilar de los Llanos fountain.

Los Pedroches dehesa with sheep among holm oaks and dry grass

Guadamatilla River

15 km, easy. One of the highlights of the area.

Zújar Route

8 km, easy.

Inside the Ermita de San Bartolomé, with the altar and flowers

Hermitages Route

7 km, urban and full of history.

Valley of scrub and hills seen from a viewpoint in Los Pedroches

Vereda del Camino Viejo

4.5 or 10.5 km, designed for first-time hikers.

Granite boulders among holm oaks and green meadow

Fuente de la Navilla

10 km from the municipal swimming pool.

Dirt track between holm oaks leading to a reservoir

El Cascajoso reservoir

Alcaracejos – Hinojosa del Duque

21 km. It passes Villanueva del Duque and the Virgen de Guía hermitage, and enters town beside the Pilar de los Llanos.

Hinojosa del Duque – Monterrubio de la Serena

31 km. Holm oak woods, views of Belalcázar and the Zújar crossing to the first Extremaduran town.

Starlight Viewpoint

The skies of Los Pedroches have been a Starlight Reserve since 2016. From the Starlight Viewpoint you can see constellations and the Milky Way with the naked eye.