Tajo del Águila, Natural landscape in Algar, Spain.
Tajo del Águila is a natural space in the municipality of Algar, in the Andalusian province of Cádiz, on the edge of Los Alcornocales Natural Park. It is a rocky escarpment, a tajo, above the surrounding land, from which the Guadalcacín reservoir, the El Tempul spring and the village of Algar itself can be seen. The site now holds a campsite and rural houses.
The sources document no geological origin for the site; its recorded history is recent and administrative. The Tajo del Águila lies in Algar, on the edge of Los Alcornocales Natural Park, and has been run as a campsite with rural houses and nature activities. The operating company has owed payments to the Algar town council for years, a dispute that has drawn local controversy.
The name Tajo del Águila refers to the cliff itself, and the site now runs as a camping with rural houses, offering river walks, canoeing and hiking. Visitors should know that the company has owed payments to the Algar town hall for years, a dispute that has caused local controversy.
The site operates as a campsite with rural houses, and nature activities such as river walks, canoeing and hiking are offered on site. The Guadalcacín reservoir, El Tempul and the village of Algar can be seen from the cliff edge, so keep back from the drop. The access road serves the camping complex.
El Tempul, visible from the cliff, is a spring, not a mountain: its water feeds the Guadalcacín reservoir, and the village of Algar lies below. The camping and rural houses at the site have been the subject of a dispute over unpaid fees owed to the town council for years.
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