Alpujarra Tours -
Accommodation, activities and discovery in the Alpujarra Mountains of Granada Southern Spain
Casa Las Chimeneas, Calle Amargura, 6 Mairena, 18493 -
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This year, together with our partners, we are offering two very special events. The first provides a chance to discover the butterflies , birds and flowers of the alpujarra with a real expert, this organised by the specialist group Nature Trek. For more details please click on the following link:
http://www.naturetrek.co.uk/wildlif e-
Meanwhile, following on from the success of last year, we are again providing the venue for Sam Clark of the Moro restaurant , who in the autumn will be here for another week of cookery demonstration and superb cuisine. For more information follow this link:
Specials
Walking
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As opposed to the Western Alpujarras, which have become increasingly busy with tourists
and visitors we are lucky to be based in and utilise the more remote and unspoilt
sector of the Eastern Alpujarras. Villages on our doorstep like Yegen and Mairena
are still seen by many walkers and tour operators as less accessible and consequently
Mairena and it's surrounding network of paths and villages benefits from being less
visited than the Western Alpujarran walking centres around Orgiva and Trevelez.
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Near Mairena the countryside still comprises of typically small, friendly, flat-
Parts of our walks follow the Acequias, water channels built by the Moors hundreds
of years ago which bring clean fresh water from mountain springs and are still maintained
by the village farmers. Crossing into areas above the acequias you will find that
the land is dry and brown in summer amongst growths of holm oak or pine forests while
beneath the acequias the lush terraces are intensively farmed and planted with ancient
huge chestnut trees.
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Walking along the Camino Real or "Royal Trail" that links the Eastern Alpujarran villages you can pick mulberries, cherries, walnuts, almonds and medlars from trees that you pass depending on the season. Following our carefully written route notes compiled from years of first hand exploration by David and Emma, you will find soaring mountainsides and secret hidden valleys, rare plants and animals that other walkers never find and glimpse a lifestyle changed very little over the last few hundred years.
We can arrange for you to walk up peaks of the Sierra Nevada massif. For example,
dropping you off at the Puerta de la Ragua (2000 mts) in the late morning you can
walk to the peak of Morron del Mediodia 2730 mts. You can travel light and reach
the peak along a well marked path in around three hours. From the summit there are
incredible views of the peak of Mulhacen (3482 mts) to the west and on a clear day,
across the Mediterranean to the Rif mountains of Morocco, an experience not to be
missed.
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Each walking day, whether accompanied or not, is carefully planned to suit weather conditions and the needs of our visitors. We can accomodate all levels of fitness and ambition!
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:
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For more information on our menu of suggested day walks and day trips click here.
For the more ambitious walkers we offer a Four Base Holiday.
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