National park
Sierra Nevada National Park
Alpine national park of snow-capped peaks, glacial lakes, and mountain trails above ancient white villages.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Sierra Nevada National Park near Granada opens with an unlikely detail: in 1862, Queen Isabel II sealed her royal stamp onto a ham cured in Trevelez, a village on Mulhacen's southern flank inside the park boundary. From there it follows the curers who use no smoke and no chemicals, just open drying lofts, and asks what exactly in these mountains turns a leg of pork into something worth a queen's seal. Listen for how the same peaks that draw skiers also lean over the valleys where hams are aged.
This audio guide was created using AI.