The beauty of the countryside here does not only centre on the Iberian pigs, but also on the impressive mixture of monuments and nature.
Monesterio and Jerez de los Caballeros are production centres of Iberian ham from the dehesas of Extremadura in Badajoz that cover a large and varied geographic area. The districts of Olivenza, Campiña Sur, la Serena, Sierra de San Pedro Los Baldíos, Zafra Río Bodión, Sierra Suroeste and Tierra de Barros offer some of the most beautiful countryside for Iberian pig farming, although it is also famous for its cheese, wine and delicious beef that also have their own protected designation of origin. Other places we have not to forget on a food tourism route through the province of Badajoz are Fregenal de la Sierra, with a Templar Knights past; Monesterio with a good offer of restaurants, and where they celebrate a Ham Festival that attracts a lot of visitors; Calera de León, seat of the Knights of Santiago with its impressive Conventual; or Zafra with a magnificent historic centre.
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