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Friday
Individual travel to Salobreña.
Arrival at hotel in the afternoon.
Transfer from Malaga or Granada airport can be arranged. Depending on
time of arrival and number of people arriving, there will be an extra
charge of between 20 and 80 Euros per person.
Early evening: welcome reception at the hotel. Everybody meets. Rolf
Schubert will explain the programme.
Wine and tapas (typical Spanish snacks) will be provided.
After the reception we will walk to a local bar in Salobreña to
listen to some Flamenco.
(Charge per person around 10 €).
Saturday
We will walk through the Old Town
of Salobreña and visit the Moorish castle. We will walk
through the sugar cane fields (the only ones in Europe) to the fishing
village of La Guardia, where we will have lunch in a typical
fisherman’s bar. After lunch we continue our walk along the coast with
wonderful views of the Mediterranian Sea (about 2 hours).
At the end of our walk our bus will be waiting for us to bring us back
to our hotel.
In the evening flamenco or jazz show in either Salobreña or in Motril
or Almuñecar (cities close by).
Charge per person around 10 €.
Sunday
Our bus will bring us into the coastal mountains to the village of Guajar-Alto
(about 45 minutes).
From Guajar-Alto we take a wonderful mountain hike down to the
village of Faragüit (about 4 hours).
This is one of the most beautiful countrysides in the whole of Andalucia.
Lunch in the village bar with local specialities like goat, rabbit,
garlic chicken, chick pea stew etc.
Return to Salobreña. Evening to your free disposal.
Monday
Whole day excursion to the Alpujarras
mountains, situated below the Sierra Nevada. This was the last
refuge for the
Moors, before they were finally kicked out of Spain in 1612. The Alpujarras
villages resemble the Berber villages in the Rif mountains in Marocco.
We go to Capileira, one of the highest villages in Spain (about
1.500 metres altitude).
We will visit the village and weather permitting, we will walk from Capileira
to Pampaneira (2 hours).
During the walk we will see wonderful views of the snow covered Sierra
Nevada peaks. Late lunch will be in a typical village bar.
Return to Salobreña. After a short stop at the hotel our bus
will take us to Motril fishing harbour (15 minutes), where we
watch the fishing boats come in, unload their catch, and we will see the
fish auction.
Tuesday
Relax. At your own disposal. A
restaurant visit or some other activity can be arranged for the evening.
Wednesday
We will spend the whole day at Granada.
Our bus will take us to Granada in the early morning (60 minutes).
We explore Granada on foot and will see amongst other sites: the
cathedral, the Corral de Carbon - an old Moorish inn from the 14th
century and the Moorish silk market.
Highpoint will be the visit to the Albaicin, Granada’s old
Muslim quarter, which was declared a Heritage site of Mankind by Unesco
a few years ago.
Lunch in a restaurant in the Albaicin.
After lunch we walk to the Alhambra - the palace of the last
Moorish kings in Spain - one of the most beautiful buildings in the
world, comparable only to the Taj Mahal in India. We will have the whole
afternoon and early evening for the visit of the Alhambra palace and its
wonderful gardens.
Return to Salobreña around 8 pm.
Thursday
Hiking again. The bus will bring
us to the Faragüit village (30 minutes). We explore the "white
village", and walk up to
the Castillejo, a ruined Moorish castle on top of a hill. Short (45
minutes), but steep ascent. On top of the hill we will have a picnic. We
return to Faragüit by another route (total walking time around 3
hours). Lunch in the village bar.
Return to Salobreña. In the evening there will be a farewell
party at the hotel with wine tasting and tapas.
Friday
End of journey. Transfer to
airports can be arranged (see arrival day). |
