Puente Genil

Festivals in Puente Genil: Cabalgata Reyes Magos, Día de la Candelaria, Día de Andalucía, Carnaval, Semana Santa, Festividad de San Marcos, Semana Santa Chica, Cruces de Mayo, Fiestas de la Virgen de los Desamparados and more.

If there was a prize for the biggest and most futuristic railway station in one of the smallest villages in Andalucía or Spain, this would win it. The Puente Genil - Herrara railway station on the Malaga to Cordoba AVE high speed railway line is just outside the village of Herrera.

This reservoir and its immediate surrounding area on the Genil river covers 1,460ha, with a section at its southern end in Seville province. The shore vegetation attracts many birds for nesting.

With its surface measuring 37ha, the Laguna de Zóñar is the largest of a series of inland saline lakes in southern Cordoba province and the deepest in Andalucia. It is the most important lake in the province, of outstanding ornithological interest as a haven for overwintering aquatic birds and an important breeding area for many bird species, particularly the white-headed duck. Its total protected area covers 370ha.

One of a series of inland wetland sites in southern Cordoba province, the seasonal saline Laguna de Tíscar and its protected environs covers 191ha. There is a bird hide near the lake.

The town of Puente Genil owes its name to the bridge that was constructed over the Genil River in the sixteenth century. A later bridge was constructed by Hernán Ruiz. Today it has about 30,200 inhabitants.