Travelling southeast from Guadix to Almería nestling in the natural corridor between the Sierra de Filabres and Sierra Nevada lies Fiñana and part of its area is within the Sierra Nevada Natural Parque, which one of the natural paradises of this area, rich in flora, fauna and scenery.

Fiñana although it has grown and become more modern through the influence of the road that travels from Almería to Granada still preserves the traces of its Moorish origin: its flat roofs on the white Moorish houses, the Moorish castle remains, the Mudejar church built on the site of a mosque and its narrow zigzag streets.

Ocaña is situated next to the Rio Nacimiento; it belongs to the municipal area of Las Tres Villas together with Doña María.

To the north of Gergal at Calar Alto in the Sierra de Filabres a series of high powered telescope have been installed to take advantage of the crystalline air and study the heavens.