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The Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 11:33 | Written by admin | PDF Print E-mail

The Alpujarras offers something for everyone, the ski slopes of the Sierra Nevada to the Coast is less than an hour. The contrasting views, the rich heritage as well as the open friendliness of the people makes this an ideal location for a walking holiday. Our tours visit many of the white villages, such as Canar, Soportujar, Bubion and Capileira, allowing you to enjoy the area to the full.

Our birdwatching tours in the Alpujarras will lead you into some incredible locations and scenery. The area offers trips of great variety and suits both relaxed birdwatchers and the more experienced twitcher. The contrasting views, the rich heritage as well as the open friendliness of the people makes this an ideal location for a birding holiday.

The Alpujarra boast stunning scenery, hot sunny weather and is a wonderful area for birdwatching. During the spring and autumn months the surroundings are particularly beautiful; in spring the land is carpeted with a vast array of wild flowers and blossom adorns the fruit trees which are dotted around the slopes.

Lanjaron is under 30 minutes from the coast at Slaobrena near motril. Nerja is now under an hour away. Granada is 40 minutes away. The World Health Organization has recognized Lanjaron as one of the places with the greatest longevity on the planet. It is indeed the quality of its waters - together with the climate, the pure mountain air and the Mediterranean diet - that allows many of its citizens to live more than one hundred years.

The Spa Baths The spa has been the most important mineral-medicinal waters of Andalucia since the 18th century when its healing properties were discovered.

The high Sierra Nevada provide a rich and varied landscape for our feathered friends. The high arctic like tundra above 3000m contrast with the lush lower slopes of pine forest before merging into the olive groves near the villages.

Lanjaron in the Alpujarras

 

 
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