Feast of the offal Matancera

Feast established in 1995, consists in the tasting of the offal, cooked in the style güejareño, and young wine of our village. It is celebrated the first days of February.t is one of the best-known festivals and has a large influx of visitors.

Patron Saint festivities in honour of San Roque and Nuestra Señora del Rosario, (August 15)

With a wide program directed to all the publics, in which coexist the most ancient traditions (Bullfight,horse race with ribbons  or the Processions in Honor to our Patron Saints),  and newer activities (ecology workshops, sports activities).

The newly conditioning path of tram of Sierra Nevada, it passes parallel to the river Genil from the area where is located the hydroelectric plant known as "The Fabriquilla" until the station of Maitena. In concrete, is have restored nearly 2 kilometers of travel with the purpose of put in value this route as attractive tourist and seal of the history and of the heritage natural and cultural of Guejar Sierra.

In the way we will cross one of the tunnels excavated to peak and spade in the rocks of its environment, and will cross bridges of last century.

The sidewalk was old Sierra Nevada disappeared tram pass. Therefore, along the way, six panels in chronological order explain the layout of the tram.

Likewise, a small stretch of the route has been reconstructed in accordance with the technical characteristics of the route of the beginning of the XXth century, along with the recreation of the corresponding air power line.

Seeing the views of the forest and the river Genil we will arrive to the area called Maitena, where it joins the river of the same name with the river Genil, in an incomparable setting, where are the buildings of the former station of Maitena, today also converted into a restaurant and where you can swim in a pool in the River, turned into a natural pool.

The Vereda de la Estrella was built in 1890 to serve as a channel of communication with galena and pyrite from the high top of the Genil Valley mines.

Today it is a comfortable trail which allows walkers to venture on the northern slope of the Sierra Nevada.

Among other details you will find on the edge of the road, a hundred-year old chestnut known as Star mine.

"El Abuelo".

Below on the left the road turns unexpectedly toward the south and offers magnificent views of the "rope of the Tresmiles", the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada.

Following the road will reach the old town of

A little further on, we will cross the bridge on the river Guarnón.
We will finish the route with the visit to the near "Secret Cave", which is an artificial refuge under a big rock.