Ípora – Los Naranjos – PR-A 380 Trail

The Ípora – Los Naranjos – PR-A 380 Trail starts in Osuna, by the underpass at KP 84 of the A-92 motorway, where we take the path called Camino de Ípora, which is surfaced with compacted aggregate. We continue along this path, taking special care at the level crossing located some 600 metres from the start of the path.

We carry on walking till the farmhouse called Cortijo de Doña Laura. Then we reach a junction where we join a path that takes us between two farmhouse known as Tinoco and San Lucas. From here, the path becomes a cattle track called Vereda de Ípora, which we continue along leaving Los Arcos farmhouse on our left until reaching the point where the path joins the SE-485 road that runs between Martín de la Jara and Aguadulce. Here, we carry straight on and can now see how the landscape, mainly agricultural thus far, gradually changes as we enter wooded meadows surrounded by olive groves, turning into scrubland meadows on the surrounding hilltops. Next, we leave the Vereda de Ípora cattle track and join the one called Vereda de San Agustín, which takes us to the River Blanco.

Prior to this, we can see some beautiful black poplar along the banks of a stream called Arroyo del Cerro del Soldado, and later we can see the Cortijo de Ípora farmhouse also known as “Los Naranjos”.

Next to the farmhouse there is a fountain known as Fuente de Ípora or Fuente de Los Naranjos, whose water comes from a spring a few metres further up on a hill, to the west of the fountain, called Cerro del Manzano. This fountain was a veritable oasis for livestock that used to pass through here during the hot summer months.

From here, we can continue on to a wonderful grove of tamarisks beside the River Blanco, while in the distance we can see reforestation pinewoods on the hills of Los Naranjos and, not too far away, the confluence of this river with a stream called Arroyo Salinoso.