Regional Information
Posadas is located in Cordoba Province some 25 Km to the west of Cordoba (see the green arrow on the map). This is real Spain inland from the coast. It is a mainly rural area with orange and olive plantations and acres of yellow sunflowers.
There are two main airports – Seville 1 hour and Malaga 2 hours. High speed rail links to Madrid, Seville, Malaga and the rest of Europe are to be found at Cordoba.
By Train: There is a station at Posadas. Trains go to Cordoba in 18 minutes and Seville in 40 minutes. Click here for Trainline(click for the English site – just type in your Spanish Stations) or here for Renfe(click for the English translation).
Nearby Cordoba is home to famous restaurants with Flamenco singers and dancers and here too are huge Fiestas on a dedicated site the size of six football fields.
Cordoba is a beautiful historic town with the famous Mesquita which was the largest Mosque in its day and now converted into a fascinating Roman Catholic Cathederal.
The Villa is located about a kilometre from the centre of town. Between the town and the Villa is a low hill covered with Pine trees. Here you will find the La Sierrazuela Restaurant & Bar with outside dining area and dozens of official Picnic Places in the woods plus spectacular views over the town and the rolling plain with its patchwork of fields.
Immediately north of Posadas lies the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Hornachuelos, part of a wide protected band in the Sierra Morena or Dark Mountains. Covering some 67,202 hectares this area is the largest natural park in the province of Cordoba and is home to the second largest colony of black vultures in Andalucia, in addition to a further three colonies of tawny vulture, not to mention the lynx, mongoose, otter and wolf, along with game such as deer and wild boar.
Posadas is home to the beautiful Azure Magpie which can be seen in flocks of fifty – in fact Andalucia is the only part of the world where these lovely birds can be seen. On rare occasions one can see Hoopoe and Bee-eaters and Eagles. Pairs of Storks nest on Church steeples and on electric pylons.
Several large lakes within easy driving distance provide opportunities for water sports and sailing and a scenic backdrop for walking or horse riding.
