The millenary town of Baza, the primitive Iberian and Roman
Basti callled Batza by the Muslims, has a rich monumental heritage left by the
different cultures who have inhabited it throughout history.
It is a town with interesting remains which can be visited in the Archaeological
Museum. The monumental Colegiata Concatedral de la Encarnación is of
major importance as well, and the town features some oldest Arab baths in Spain.
Between Baza and Castril, the visitor will find a lunar landscape scattered with
cave dwellings such as those in Benamaurel, where the blue waters of the dam of
Negratín contrast with the ochre tones of the earth. Castril has white houses
perched on a massive rock woth the remains of the Islamic castle at the top. It
is the gate to the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Castril, which boasts the
Cueva de Don Fernando, the longest and deepest cave in the province of Granada.