- self-guided, single-centre walk
- fantastic walking in Andalucia's Grazalema Natural Park
- specially designed walking routes that reveal the best of the flowers
- detailed documentation, flower guide and CD included
- hire car included for exploring the famous ‘white towns’
The amazing landscapes and fresh mountain air of the Grazalema Natural Park make for wonderful, rewarding walking in Spain’s deep south. If the scenery is magnificent, equally outstanding is the wildlife – the craggy limestone peaks shelter surprisingly green valleys and gullies, which in turn are home to an astonishing array of flowers, at their best in spring. Of the region’s famed pueblos blancos (‘white towns’), Grazalema is one of the prettiest, framed by mountains and with sloping cobbled streets, and makes a perfect base for a week of discovery and walking along flower-lined paths. This is an area we know very well – Inntravel has offered holidays here for many years – and we offer exceptionally detailed notes (including information on the flora you are likely to encounter) for our varied and rewarding walking routes.Over 1,300 flowering plants – including around 30 orchids – have been registered in the Grazalema Natural Park, of which about 150 are restricted in range to North Africa and southern Spain.
Some 5,000 different species – a quarter of Europe’s flowering plants – grow in Spain. Andalucia, especially, is a flower-lover’s dream. Within the dramatic limestone landscapes of the region’s Grazalema Natural Park can be found over a thousand species, with the additional bonus of a bird population that includes griffon vultures, short-toed eagles, hoopoes, bee-eaters, rock buntings and blue rock thrushes.