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Routes Included:

1. Guadix: We shall spend almost two days here and in the surrounding area. Guadix has evidence of being a ham settlement going back to at least the Bronze Age. Guadix was famous for its cutlery and trade of wool, cotton, flax, corn and liqueurs and is now a centre of production for fruit, cereals and vegetables.It also has a famous literary connection with the novelist Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.  → Read More
2. Granada – Alhambra: Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in Andalusia. It is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains and at the confluence of four rivers; the Darro, the Genil, the Monachil and the Beiro. The city sits at an average elevation of 738 m (2,421 ft) above sea level, yet is only one hour by car from the Mediterranean coast.  → Read More
3. Pizarra – Antequera: Leaving our first hotel, we will pass through Pizarra and start our journey to Antequera following parts of the Rio Guadalhorce and many of the old roads that link up the market towns along the route, including Álora and Valle de Abdalajis, before we arriving in Antequera. → Read More
4. Antequera – Granada: Loja, situated at the western limit of the province of Granada, is surrounded by the so-called Sierra de Loja, of which the highest peak, Sierra Gorda, stands 1,671 metres above sea-level. Loja was fought over for many years by the Moors and the Christians. Isabella I of Castile once called it the “flower among thorns”. → Read More
5. Caminito de Rey & Alora: El Caminito del Rey (The King’s Little Path) is a walkway pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Ardales in the province of Málaga. The walkway was constructed in the early 20th century to provide workers at the hydroelectric power plants at Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls with a means to cross, to provide transport for materials and to help facilitate inspection and maintenance. → Read More