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Across the Sierra Nevada
Andalucia, home to mainland Spain's highest peaks

Holiday information
Nights: 6
Grade: 3, ascents & descents each day 
Terrain: valleys, terraced farmland, woods, mountain paths
Hotels: one rural inn; one 2-star hotel; one 3-star hotel
Meals: 6 breakfasts, 4 dinners, 2 picnics
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If you are flying via Granada, city of the Moors, add on a city break for a contrast to your walking holiday.
Under the stars
We also offer a 7-night version of the holiday which includes a night under the stars by the Siete Lagunas.
  • self-guided hotel-to-hotel walking, luggage transported
  • thrilling ascents and descents
  • pretty Alpujarran villages
  • ascend Spain's highest peak

Europe’s second highest mountain range, the Sierra Nevada, towers majestically over Spain’s southern coastal plains. Its rugged, snow-capped peaks give way to a series of steep-sided, terraced river valleys, which run southwards towards the Mediterranean. Small glacial lakes dot the high mountain pastures whilst the myriad fast-flowing streams, fed by the melting snow, have carved out a landscape of deep river gorges below.
Trevélez and Capileira are, respectively, the first and second highest villages in Spain, located at an altitude above that of the peak of Ben Nevis. Overall, this is the highest-level walk in our programme, higher even than our routes in the Alps.
     
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Pretty, flat-roofed villages cling to the valley sides, a relic from the North African Berbers who made the most lasting impact on these landscapes. Exquisitely constructed canals still carry the snow melt to the lower fertile slopes of the Alpujarras, while abandoned threshing floors, ancient terraces and old stone farmhouses are etched into the steep hillsides. Our thrilling walking route leads you far above these farmlands, with challenging ascents to alpine pastures way beyond the tree-line, a world of grazing ibex and bright gentians, only accessible in summer months. Your holiday takes place entirely in the National and Natural Parks of the Sierra Nevada and links three pretty Alpujarran villages.
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Walking Chart:Across the Sierra Nevada This is an approximation only. If comparing holidays, please note the scale of the chart as this can differ.
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