Arboretum La Alfaguara

The Arboretum and entertainment area are administered by the Ministry of Environment of the Junta de Andalucía.

A forest trail starting from Fuente Grande also leads into the Sierra de Huétor.

For most of the last century the Arboretum was a nursery that supplied mainly coniferous plants for the reforestation of the entire Sierra de Huétor, which had had its original vegetation completely destroyed by over-exploitation for forestry and livestock raising.

The Arboretum was opened to the public in 2003 after the grounds, walking trails and information panels of the plants found here were established.

The trees found here are deciduous and evergreen coniferous, intermingled as in the natural environment.