Sierra Nevada, Granada, Alpujarra and their beautiful mountain villages.
Day by day
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Welcome to Granada!
Arrival to Spain and private transfer to the city of Granada, one of the most historicaly important cities of Spain, full of beauty, culture and traditions. Accomodation in a hotel in the city. Dinner included. -
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Sierra Nevada & "Pueblos Blancos" (White villages)
In the morning we will enjoy a city tour walking around the most important places in the city and, for sure, the magnificient Alhambra with its towers, its beautiful gardens and awesome palaces.
At the end of the afternoon transfer to the cute vilagge of Sierra Nevada, Capileira (1 436m), the highest one of “Pueblos Blancos” (White villages) founded by the Romans. Accommodation in a cuntryfied hotel where we will taste traditional Andalusian dishes for dinner prepared by our hosts with love.
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Capileira - Poqueira´s Hut (5-6 hours Trekking, positive slope 1 150m)
To achieve better acclimatization, we start our trekking to the Poqueira´s Hut (2 500m) spending the night under its sky full of stars.
After some kilometers, we will get a narrower path crossing the valley arriving to the hut at the end of the afternoon. Dinner, accommodation and breackfast included.
*The hut offers accomodation in rooms for 8-10-20 people, common bathrooms. Sheets can be rented directly in the hut.
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The magestic peak of Mulhacen and the lake of La Caldera (6-7 hours Trekking, positive slope 980m)
The day starts early in the morning with a good breackfast, arriving midday to the higest Iberian Peninsula´s Peak: Mulhacen 3 479m with magical views of the Mediterránean sea and all Sierra Nevada´s peaks. Descending from the summit we will take a break for lunch near the beautiful lake, La Caldera, where millions of years ago the vulcan cráter created all the geological area of Sierra Nevada. Afterwards we will hike on a path with beautiful panorama arriving to National Park´s minibús that will take us to the village of Capileira from where we have a transfer to Lanjaron, a famous place for its termal waters. Accomodation and dinner included.
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Relaxing day in Termal Waters or on the Tropical Coast of Spain
Today you can enjoy the termal swimming pools and the other SPA services or visit a cute small town on the Mediterranean Tropical Coast eating Spanish Paella or Grilled Octopus on the beach.
At the evening, after dinner at the hotel, we will aproach the city center to have a pleasent evening surrounded by the fresh mountain´s air.
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Sierra Nevada & Guadix Cave town
Throught the route between the mountains, fascinated by the beauty of Sierra Nevada stopping in its tipical villages with their traditional products as Jamón, several type of cheeses and hand made souvenirs, we will arrive to the oposite side of the mountain.
After lunch, we will stop in the city of Guadix where we will visit a traditional Andalusian Cave house. Not many years ago there were more tan 6 000 people living in this kind of houses.
Our trip today will finish arriving to the village of Guejar Sierra. Accommodation and dinner in a relaxing family hotel with a fresh garden and terrace waiting for us to enjoy a nice evening with the dinner prepared by our hosts.
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Peak El Veleta and its moon landscapes
Early in the morning the day starts with a transfer to 2 200m in Sierra Nevada to get the path, full of amazing landscapes to arrive to the second highest peak, El Veleta (3 396m). From the summit, in a sunny day, we can see the ships on their way to crosse the Strait of Gibraltar.
Accommodation and dinner in our hotel in Guejar Sierra.
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Granada free time and back home flight
After Breckfast trasnfer to the city of Granada, free time for shopping or enjoying some Sangría. Later on, transfer to the airport to take our plane back home.
