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Paterna del Río
High mountains and chestnut trees
A high-mountain village among chestnut trees, on the Almería side of the Sierra Nevada.
Key facts
- Population
- 396 inhabitants
- Area
- 45.44 km²
Story and present
Paterna del Río is high-mountain country: a village on the Almería side of the Sierra Nevada where chestnut trees shape the landscape. In autumn, chestnut season, the comarca shows its most mountainous face here, far from the arid image usually attached to the province.
From the land and the table
- Product Dulce del paraíso