Easy-to-moderate walking with some ascents / descents, and occasional longer days.
The season for this holiday is:
02 January 2023 - 22 December 2023
02 January 2024 - 21 December 2024
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| °C | 13 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 14 |
| mm | 68 | 62 | 50 | 56 | 42 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 72 | 81 | 93 |
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7 nights: 02 January 2023 - 22 December 2023 & 02 January 2024 - 21 December 2024
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan - 30 Jun 2023 | £800 | £210 |
| 1 Jul - 31 Oct 2023 | £885 | £235 |
| 1 - 30 Nov 2023 | £865 | £220 |
| 1 - 15 Dec 2023 | £815 | £215 |
| 2 Jan - 30 Jun 2024 | £915 | £240 |
| 1 Jul - 31 Oct 2024 | £1010 | £270 |
| 1 - 30 Nov 2024 | £990 | £255 |
| 1 - 14 Dec 2024 | £930 | £250 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£105 to -£165 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £155 to £225 |
Includes accommodation, meals and services integral to the holiday as described, plus walking notes and maps, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Price includes: 7 days' category B car hire (eg VW Polo or similar with manual transmission)
Driving time to/from the hotel: Seville 1h45, Jerez 2h15, Faro 2h30
Supplement applies if travelling from Faro, please contact us for details
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you. Please contact us to find out more about our flight booking service. We can also book connecting travel - see below.
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
Prices include an additional day's car hire| Posada de San Marcos, Alájar (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 02 Jan - 30 Jun 2023 | £78 | £108 |
| 01 Jul - 23 Aug 2023 | £88 | £124 |
| 24 Aug - 29 Dec 2023 | £82 | £118 |
| 02 Jan - 30 Jun 2024 | £89 | £123 |
| 01 Jul - 23 Aug 2024 | £100 | £141 |
| 24 Aug - 21 Dec 2024 | £93 | £134 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Bournemouth - Faro | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Cardiff - Faro | TUI |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Nottingham East Midlands - Faro | jet2, Ryanair, TUI |
| Nottingham East Midlands - Seville | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Glasgow Prestwick - Faro | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Inverness - Seville (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Leeds Bradford - Faro | jet2, Ryanair |
| Leeds Bradford - Seville (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London City - Faro | British Airways |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Faro | British Airways, easyJet, TUI |
| Gatwick - Faro (via Lisbon) | TAP Air Portugal |
| Gatwick - Jerez | TUI, Vueling |
| Gatwick - Seville | British Airways, easyJet, Vueling |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Heathrow - Faro | British Airways, TAP Air Portugal |
| Heathrow - Faro (via Lisbon) | TAP Air Portugal |
| Heathrow - Jerez (via Madrid) | Iberia |
| Heathrow - Seville | British Airways |
| Heathrow - Seville (via Madrid) | Iberia |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London Southend - Faro | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Stansted - Faro | British Airways, jet2, Ryanair |
| Stansted - Jerez | Ryanair |
| Stansted - Seville | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Newquay - Faro | Ryanair |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time stated in the connecting travel section, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you for any of the options listed above. We charge £35 per person for our flight booking service. Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
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A wonderful holiday in a beautiful rural area of Spain. The walks were good and varied with some wonderful scenery and wildlife. The provision of a car also enabled me to visit some of the local villages and towns and sample real Spanish life.
The highlight, however, was the hotel and the superb service provided by Lucy & Angel. Their enthusiasm and commitments to running a Green Eco friendly hotel is exceptional and it was very much a home from home experience. I particularly enjoyed the introductory walk by Angel which gave me so much information on the local flora and fauna, as well as his Ham and sherry talk. Lucy's cooking is brilliant using local produce and she is also very helpful in recommending and booking restaurants on the nights that she does not provide dinner. El Padrino was the pick of these restaurants but I also had good meals at El Molino and Casa Cruz.
The caves & Castillo in Arancena are worth a visit as are the Museum and mine tours at Rio Tinto Mines
Highlights were the hotel and beautiful scenery of the Aracena region. Wonderful bird life and great walks.
A beautiful area of Spain, so peaceful and great to learn about the local culture. Really helpful to have some basic Spanish language. Fantastic food. Worked well with a visit to the city of Seville too.
A wonderful holiday in a beautiful rural area of Spain. The walks were good and varied with some wonderful scenery and wildlife. The provision of a car also enabled me to visit some of the local villages and towns and sample real Spanish life.
The highlight, however, was the hotel and the superb service provided by Lucy & Angel. Their enthusiasm and commitments to running a Green Eco friendly hotel is exceptional and it was very much a home from home experience. I particularly enjoyed the introductory walk by Angel which gave me so much information on the local flora and fauna, as well as his Ham and sherry talk. Lucy's cooking is brilliant using local produce and she is also very helpful in recommending and booking restaurants on the nights that she does not provide dinner. El Padrino was the pick of these restaurants but I also had good meals at El Molino and Casa Cruz.
The caves & Castillo in Arancena are worth a visit as are the Museum and mine tours at Rio Tinto Mines
Highlights were the hotel and beautiful scenery of the Aracena region. Wonderful bird life and great walks.
A beautiful area of Spain, so peaceful and great to learn about the local culture. Really helpful to have some basic Spanish language. Fantastic food. Worked well with a visit to the city of Seville too.
Lovely area for walking. The introductory walk at the start of the holiday really did set the scene for the rest of the week, and we spotted all sorts of things that we would otherwise not have recognised.
The hotel was a real home from home. We really enjoyed the mix of home cooking from the hotel and going out to the village restaurants.
We did two walking holidays back-to-back. Consequently, after seven days walking at Aracena, we found the Grazalema walks more challenging, but certainly manageable. Given that it is a more mountainous area we found that walking poles were indispensable, particularly for the rockier ascents and descents.Travelling in March allowed us to escape the last of our Canadian winter and enjoy the early spring in Andalucía. The day temperatures were perfect for walking, even when extra effort was needed to ascend (and descend) some of the steeper routes. We were fortunate to see early flowers but too early for the new season’s leaves. Our holiday included a car so that once we had mastered the villages’ narrow streets, it was very easy to travel to the start of the more distant walks and to enjoy driving through spectacular Andalucian landscapes. Driving is not for the very timid however, as the roads are quite narrow and winding, particularly in the Grazalema Sierra.
Accommodation at both Aracena and Grazalema was comfortable and just right for the 7 nights spent at each location. At Alajar, the hosts Angel and Lucy were charming and helpful, and the accommodation is in a beautiful and interesting historic home. We appreciated Lucy's home cooking and use of local products. Their enthusiasm for the area is commendable and Angel is most willing to share his passion and detailed knowledge of the area. It was a very personalized experience which is unusual for a self-guided holiday. There was a good variety of walking routes, with sweeping views and tourist worthy villages. We can recommend the Restaurante Arrieros in Linares where we enjoyed a perfectly presented array of local cuisine expertly served. Also recommended for local cuisine is El Padrino in Alajar which is open on the weekend only. If visiting the caves in Aracena, it is advisable to avoid the weekend to avoid the crowds of visiting tour busses.It's the kind of holiday that one would like to repeat. In Grazalema, Andres too was a charming and helpful host in a comfortable historic house, and certainly located in one of the most beautiful and well-maintained white villages of Andalucia.
With the addition of a car, we were able to visit Zahara in an afternoon, after an earlier walk. We also enjoyed a day trip to Rhonda. Driving through the Grazelema Sierra allowed one to experience the mountains and landscape in a different way. The variety of routes in the amazing landscape and mountains of Grazalema was excellent and unexpected, and a wonderful experience. On reflection and looking at the photographs we took, these are walking holidays not to be missed if you are looking for a bit more of a challenge in a quieter corner of Spain. We would recommend visitors to this area to visit Jerez, which is a vibrant and interesting city, and certainly quieter than nearby Seville.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers did our walking discovery holidays 'Treasures of Aracena' followed by 'The Grazalema Sierra'.
As wet weather options, the caves at Aracena and the Rio Tinto mine tours are an excellent diversion. The Pizzeria in Alajar is excellent (wonderful house wine) as is the bar Barra with superb tapas...take a dictionary!!
Very welcoming hotel. We liked the environmentally friendly approach coupled with Lucy and Angel's obvious commitment and enthusiasm. The walking was relaxing and enjoyable.
Angel & Lucy are a delight and made this holiday truly memorable. Their knowledge and enthusiasm for the area is exceptional. Angel's guided walk, his ham & sherry talk and Lucy's cooking and friendly approach to menus helped to make it a very wonderful walking holiday.
Angel and Lucy provide wonderful breakfasts, picnics and dinners, are endlessly helpful and full of fun.
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