Santa Olalla del Cala is a large village within the Autonomous region of Andalucia in southern Spain.

[2] the village is situated 1.1 miles (1.8 km) west of the A66-E803 motorway which runs from Sevilla to Salamanca.

The village is 447.5 kilometres (278.1 mi) from the Spanish capital of Madrid and takes approximately 6 hours to travel from there by taxi.

The village is situated in the southern slopes of the foothills of the Sierra Morena mountain range close to the border between the regions of Andalusia and Extremadura.

The village sits on the eastern slope of a proment hill which is topped with a castle fortress, a parish church which in the past has been a Jewish synagogue and a Moorish Mosque.

The local gastronomy incorporates a large range of tasty products derived from the Iberian pig.

On the North West elevation there is an entrance tower which is turned 90° to the main curtain wall of the fortress.

The church of Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion stands at the southern end of the rocky hill were the castle is situated.

Unusually, there is also a preserved ship's anchor, kept here to commemorate the time when Santa Olalla was the base to a Maritime infantry regiment during the Napoleonic wars.