🇪🇸 Secret Odyssey in Jaén: World's Olive Oil Capital

"Where medieval castles rise from seas of olive trees" 🌳🏰 📍 | Olive Country First Glow Andújar: A hidden town cradled by mountains & endless olive groves Nightfall: Sleep to the whisper of olive leaves in a cortijo (farmhouse) 📍 | Renaissance + Liquid Gold Úbeda’s palaces: Stone streets echoing 16th-century grandeur Olive oil museum: Taste fresh-pressed arbequina in a 400-year-old hacienda 📍 | Into the Emerald Wild Cazorla Natural Park: Eagles soar above emerald canyons 🦅 Castle climb: View Jaén’s "green ocean" of olive trees from above 📍 | Two Towns, Two Romances Baeza: Golden Renaissance walls + "history frozen in honey-light" Baños de la Encina: Moorish castle guarding olive-covered horizons 📍| Stone Poetry Jaén Cathedral: Spain’s most underrated Gothic masterpiece Sabiote at dusk: Sunset turns medieval ramparts to molten gold 📍 | Lagoon of Dreams Lagunas de Ruidera: Turquoise waterfalls like "earth’s necklace" 💧 ✨ Why This Trip? 🕊️ Slow travel: No rushing—just olive grove picnics & castle silences 🛌 Rural stays: Fall asleep to cicadas in whitewashed pueblos 🍈 Olive oil tastings: From ancient mills to modern DOP estates #JaénUntold #OliveOilTrail #SpainBeyondCities