The village belongs to the Úbeda region and is situated on the hills of the same name, among olive groves, cereal fields and vineyards. Its picturesque town centre is made up of a collection of genuinely traditional whitewashed houses. The village boasts the Parish Church of Santa Marí­a la Mayor and the Torres Oscuras, the remains of the fortress of Pero Gil.

Part of its municipal district is included in the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas National Park, the largest protected natural space in Spain: an orographic labyrinth of valleys, calares, gorges, mountains and flat lands of enormous hydrological importance (due to the numerous rivers and streams which spring within the Park); of great botanical importance (different varieties of pine trees and a lot of endemic species); it is also important aesthetically and from a wildlife point of view. Because of this it is one of the most visited and frequented natural spaces in the country.