Coto del Valle Rural Hotel

Coto del Valle is a four-star rural tourism complex at kilometre 34.3 of the Tranco road, the A-319, inside the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park. It sits beside the Empalme del Valle, the junction where the road leaves for Vadillo-Castril, the Cerrada del Utrero and the source of the Guadalquivir, and a kilometre and a half from Arroyo Frío. It has a hotel with spa, a restaurant opened in 2003 and separate apartments. It is a base for touring the park by car without going back to Cazorla every night over the Puerto de las Palomas.

Balcony onto the Pass, or Attic Room

The standard double has a 150 cm bed or two 90 cm ones and a spacious balcony with table and chairs looking onto the mountain pass: €120 in low season and €140 in high, with buffet breakfast. The attic double, reached by a spiral half-staircase, with a sloping wooden ceiling, costs €90 and €105. There are also superior rooms, with hydromassage and balcony, from €140 to €160. All have a bathroom with shower, television, heating, air conditioning, minibar, safe and free wifi.

The apartments are about 500 metres from the hotel, linked by a path of ten to fifteen minutes on foot; the six-person one, on the ground floor with a fitted living-room-kitchen, costs €180 a night.

Spa and Autumn Offers

The hotel's rural spa sells hydrothermal circuits. Until 23 December 2026, Monday to Thursday except public holidays, the circuits cost €25 for 55 minutes, €33 for 85 and €45 for 115. There is also an offer of a standard double with terrace, breakfast and two 55-minute circuits, Sunday to Thursday, between 8 November and 23 December.

A Table in the Valley

The restaurant works with produce from the district and Jaén oil: typical local dishes, a speciality in meats and menus for different needs. It is adapted for coeliacs if you let them know.

The Park from the Door

From here, the Cerrada del Utrero and the source of the Guadalquivir are along the Vadillo road, and the Torre del Vinagre Visitor Centre, with the start of the Borosa trail, is further along the same A-319. The weekend in the Sierra de Cazorla from Jaén covers this part of the park. Pets are not allowed.