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 Alpujarra Tours - Casa Las Chimeneas
Andalusia - Spain
Walking / Activities / Options |
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ONE BASE HOLIDAY IN LAS CHIMENEAS MAIRENA
(One week full board 500 euros per person)
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Mairena, Las Alpujarras |
In this option we offer you a menu of possible walks and day trips from which you can choose from each day. This gives you the option to make use of our detailed knowledge of the area and to choose exactly what you would like to do on a daily basis depending on the weather and your energies. A sample list of the kind of walks and activities that are available is as follows. |
- Full day's hike to peak of el Morron (2730 m) high in the Sierra Nevada.
- Visit to local village of Yegen, home of writer and Hispanophile Gerald Brenan.
- Day trip to wild beaches and bird sanctuary of Cabo de Gata.
- 15 km mountain bike descent on forest trails back to house from mountain pass of Puerto de la Ragua.
- Visit to historic city of Granada and guided tour of Alhambra.
- Various half day's strolls through almond terraces and pick up from the neighbouring villages.
- Day in the workshop with tuition / guidance from the local English speaking furniture maker.
- Day painting among the olive and almond trees with experienced local painter.
- Full day's horse ride with experienced riders along the ancient Camino Real.
- Windsurfing on the Mediterranean - tuition and board hire available.
- Overnight camping / star-gazing in the high mountains.
SELF-GUIDED TREKKING OPTION - FOUR BASE HOLIDAY
(550 euros per week Half Board) |
For the more ambitious walkers we offer a four base holiday which included airport transfer and baggage transport. Day 1 and day 2 are spent in Casa Las Chimeneas from where you choose from a variety of walks for the first day. On day 3 you set off with detailed route notes and map and start to walk westward along the ancient Camino Real pathway. You will stay one night in the picturesque whitewashed village of Yegen, home of Gerald Brenan and then a further night in Berchules perched high on the mountain side with views down the valley. On day 5 you reach village of Trevelez, situated in the shadows of Mulhacen, the hightest mountain in Spain and famous for its curing hams and from there are transported back to Mairena on day 6 for a final day to relax or, for the energetic, a final walk before you return journey. Each day is a full day's hike through varied and stunning landscape complete with wooded gorges, fertile olive terraces and over craggy ridges at highter altitudes. |
A view of Las Alpujarras
Casa Las Chimeneas |
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Casa Las Chimeneas, Calle Amargura, 6 Mairena, 18493 - Granada
Telephone : 0034 958 760352 - email: info@alpujarra-tours.com
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