Although it’s still wonderfully warm here at sea level in Marbella, it’s quickly getting cold in the Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada, and so thought this could be our last weekend to try camping at the Siete Lagunas. Setting out early Saturday morning, we arrived in Capileira in time to catch the 3:00 PM bus up [...]
Feeling a bit knackered after yesterday’s 10km walk in the hot sun, we decided to take things easier today. Leaving Marbella at about 9:45 am, we drove up the Carretera de Ronda, stopping about 5km after the “Cruz de Hierro” at our favorite venta, La Navasilla, for some breakfast of toasted molletes with oil and [...]
Continuing our exploration of all places Andaluz, we set off today to the Sierra Prieta, just behind the small pueblo of Casarabonela. Our plan was actually to climb up to the Sierra Prieta peak; however, driving along the dirt road up the mountain, we took one look at the exposed face where we’d eventually be [...]
The plan this morning called for an exploratory walk around the Refugio Juanar (about 20 minutes from Marbella, direction Ojén), to find and examine the trail that leads from Juanar to Istán.
Turned out that trail was very quick and easy to find, and after about 1.5 km, we decided to save it for another day, [...]
The area around Yunquera, in Andalucia’s “Sierra de las Nieves” is famous (maybe even world famous) for its concentration of beautiful and majestic “Pinsapo” pine trees. Although we’ve been there several times in the past, we decided to head up there early this morning, to take in some of the [...]
AFTER AN INTENSE WEEK OF WORK, my wife’s suggestion on Friday to head off to the Alpujarras for the weekend was music to my ears. We did some quick Googling, found a nice apartment for rent in Bubión, loaded up the Jeep and hit the road.
This weekend we stayed again at the cabañas in Jimera de Libar, where, on Saturday morning, Pino ran in the first annual “Carerra de Alpandeire”, a 10 km mountain race. She finished 6th (in the female group), and had a great time!
Each year in May, for the past 11 years, the Spanish Legionnaires (”La Legión”, a Spanish military wing) organizes the famous, “101 km of Ronda” event, in which the 5,000+ participants endure a 101 kilometer (66 miles) tour through the mountains and sierras surrounding the beautiful namesake city of Ronda.
My wife and I participated for [...]
Taking advantage of the Semana Blanca holiday here in Spain, we took the kids for a three-day trip to Granada, a get-away that turned out to be one of the most enjoyable in quite some time.
After the scenic 2.5 hour road trip from Marbella to Granada, we dropped our stuff off at the Cortijo Balzain [...]
Today we met up again with the Senderitos.com folks, and headed down the highway, just past Nerja, where we parked the car just off the highway, to explore the trails and jagged cliffs of the Málaga coast.
We parked the car at the pull-off for the Playa del Cañuelo, and started down the steep downhill dirt [...]
Today’s outing took us on this gorgeous day to nearby (well, relatively), Pizarra. From Marbella, we took the Ojen highway to Coin, then on to Cártama, and then on to Pizarra — all in all, about a 45-minute drive. In the small town of Pizarra, we parked next to the “Recreation Area” (a small playground/park [...]
Once again we ventured out with the Senderitos.com crowd for a weekend hike, to the beautiful “Montes de Málaga,” about an hour’s drive from Marbella. And what a beautiful October day it was, sunny and warm, with a just a crispy hint that winter’s on the way.From downtown Málaga, the never ending ascent to the [...]
It’s pretty amazing what kids are capable of doing. Today, we went on hike, again with the folks from Senderitos.com, and watched a group of kids hike for over five hours, including a climb of nearly 800 meters!Today’s trip was a little closer to home for us, just up the road to the Juanar area, [...]
I am constantly impressed with the variety of interesting places to visit available in southern Spain. This past weekend, we joined Luis and a group of families from Senderitos.com, and took a day trip out to a place called, “El Torcal,” about an hour’s drive from Marbella, and had a fantastic afternoon walking and climbing [...]
This weekend (well, Sunday through Wednesday), we decided to take a few days and go on a short vacation to the Alpujarras — the mountainous region south-east of Granada that we discovered a week or so ago. In particular, we visited the valley of Poqueira, leading up to Sierra Nevada, and the highest point in [...]
This past weekend, we decided to stay a bit closer to home, and take a little tour through the local mountains. We started the day by heading down the coast towards Estepona (about 15 minutes away), and then turning inland to climb the towering mountain of “Los Reales.”
When the Vuelta de España cycling tour passes [...]
This weekend’s day trip led us to the water producing city of Lanjaron, Spain, near the mountainous area of Sierra Nevada known as the Alpujarras. We’d actually planned on visiting Trevelez, supposedly the highest village in Spain, and famous for its cured hams, but we left the house a bit late, and, really, from Marbella, [...]
Today we took a trip to a day trip to Ardales, Spain - about an hour and a bit from home. We’d hoped to visit El Chorro, home of the (in)famous Camino del Rey. Unfortunately, the road to El Chorro was cut, and, being Spain, without any notice of why or how long it will [...]
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