This month will see work beginning on various visitors' centres along the Sierra de Cádiz Greenway where the visitors will be able to find information to ensure they make the most of this route along a 19th century railway line, along which a train never ran.

The building work is expected to be completed within one year and will include: the Griffon Vulture Advanced Study Centre, a Tourist Office in the village of Zaframagón, the Greenway Tourist Interpretation Centres at Olvera and Puerto Serrano, together with a Visitors Reception Centre. The town will also be home to a small museum where the visitor can find out about the habits and customs of the towns along the Greenway.


The aim is for all visitors to the Greenway, irrespectively of at which point they choose to join it, to find a centre that provides them with information about the route and the flora, fauna to be found there, as well as about the different local habits, gastronomy and history.

The 36 kilometres of greenway can be covered on foot, bike or horseback, where the visitor can enjoy the nature and outdoors along a route where cars are banned. 


In Olvera

The building work will take place in the village of Zaframagón in various stages: a tourist office, the Greenway Interpretation Centre and the Griffon Vulture Advanced Study Centre, from which this species will be monitored and which will be in addition to the Griffon Vulture Interpretation Centre which has been operational since last May.

The Advanced Centre will be fitted out with binoculars, a telescope, computers to record the census of the birds, their habits and how they raise their chicks. Various cameras located in the Interpretation Centre will record how they evolve from this December onwards.


One of the largest colonies in Europe

The goal is to have more reliable data about the 300 breeding pairs that are thought to nest on the Peñón de Zaframagón.

This rocky outcrop has been declared a Natural Reserve, is nearly 600 metres high and is home to one of the largest Griffon Vulture in Europe. Other birds and mammals are also to be found there. 
 
In Puerto Serrano

The town’s tourist facilities will be expanded with the refurbishing of the former stationmaster's house at the old Puerto Serrano Train Station, which will open to the public as the Sierra de Cádiz Greenway Interpretation Centre next year.
 
This centre will be located in the La Toleta tourist complex, where a Visitors' Reception Centre and a small museum about the habits and customs of the towns along the Greenway will be built. 


A restaurant, barbecues and accommodation in cabins are available at La Toleta, which makes it an ideal place to rest and enjoy the peace and quiet of the countryside.

The building work will cost around 1,200,000 euros and is part of the Cultur-Cad programme, which means that the European Union will contribute up to 75% of the funding and the rest will be provided by Cadiz Provincial Council.

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