Easy-to-moderate walking with some ascents / descents, and occasional longer days.
The season for this holiday is:
02 January 2022 - 29 December 2022
| 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 |
We can only accept payment in GBP, but you can use this converter to find out how much the holiday equates to in your own currency.
7 nights: 02 January 2022 - 29 December 2022
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan - 30 Jun 2022 | £715 | £190 |
| 1 Jul - 31 Oct 2022 | £795 | £210 |
| 1 - 30 Nov 2022 | £775 | £200 |
| 1 - 22 Dec 2022 | £730 | £195 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£95 to -£130 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £140 to £175 |
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 2022 | £70 | £96 |
| 01 Jul - 23 Aug 2022 | £80 | £112 |
| 24 Aug - 29 Dec 2022 | £74 | £106 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Bournemouth - Faro | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Cardiff - Faro | TUI |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Doncaster Sheffield - 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 |
| 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 except those operated by Ryanair. 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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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.
The highlight of this unique trip is the pleasure of the company of Angel and Lucy. We have yet to meet anyone as passionate as they are about what they are doing and what they wish to achieve. That first morning's walk with Angel was like walking on air with a devoted guide providing an ongoing tutorial into the nature and culture of our new surroundings. Breakfast was a totally delightful experience every day thanks to Angel's passionate explanation of the source of all the foods. And talk about the olive oil....or rather the dozen olive oils. Then there's the morning news; ....a stunning slide show of Angel's photos of the area. The evenings were equally enjoyable thanks to Lucy's creative culinary skills producing traditional Spanish dishes specially crafted for the northern European palate. In between these twin delights were the absorbing walks with all the sights, sounds and smells unique to this wonderful corner of Spain. You'll find it hard to discover any other trip that fills you with such deep emotions.
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.
The highlight of this unique trip is the pleasure of the company of Angel and Lucy. We have yet to meet anyone as passionate as they are about what they are doing and what they wish to achieve. That first morning's walk with Angel was like walking on air with a devoted guide providing an ongoing tutorial into the nature and culture of our new surroundings. Breakfast was a totally delightful experience every day thanks to Angel's passionate explanation of the source of all the foods. And talk about the olive oil....or rather the dozen olive oils. Then there's the morning news; ....a stunning slide show of Angel's photos of the area. The evenings were equally enjoyable thanks to Lucy's creative culinary skills producing traditional Spanish dishes specially crafted for the northern European palate. In between these twin delights were the absorbing walks with all the sights, sounds and smells unique to this wonderful corner of Spain. You'll find it hard to discover any other trip that fills you with such deep emotions.
We'd not been to this part of Spain before and Inntravel made our introduction to it very interesting and enjoyable.
This is our first Inntravel holiday and we found every aspect to be well organised and efficient. Our accommodation was excellent and we enjoyed the week very much.
Lucy & Angel and their staff were perfect hosts throughout the week. Lucy's cooking using local produce was excellent, and dining with other guests made it a sociable occasion. There were different nationalities staying all like-minded people which made the week more enjoyable. The walk with Angel was very informative and helped when on other walks. His demonstration of the local Jamón and sherry took three hours and was great fun, they both have a real passion for their Eco Posada and their local environment. The village Alájar was typical of Andalusia although driving around the narrow streets and local roads was an adventure in itself. Eating out in January there were few places open however the La Plazita opening at weekends served excellent pizza and pasta and had a great atmosphere. This is the second year we have been to this region at the beginning of January, and both times the sun has been out which made it a great place to visit.
We had never heard of Aracena let alone Alájar but what a wonderful area. Lucy and Angel at Posada San Marcos could not have been more friendly and welcoming. The introductory guided walk was fascinating. Meals were just the right balance of high quality and low formality. Since the area and the type of hotel attract other walkers, we enjoyed the company in the hotel, chatting about plans for the day and learning what others had found good. I would liken this area to the Cotswolds, rolling countryside, and pretty villages, nothing too strenuous but all charming.
Sierra Aracena is a quiet, unspoilt area of Spain less than two hours of easy driving from Seville Airport. It offers very good, fairly easy walking. There were a few moderate climbs to local viewpoints but most of the recommended routes were four to five hours strolling through pleasant chestnut and cork oak woodland often finishing at a welcome bar or restaurant for lunch. We particularly enjoyed our walks to Linares with its excellent bars and restaurant and to Almonaster with its ancient mosque, old bull ring and very good restaurant at the end of a good walk around the viewpoints above the town. The introductory walk with Angel on the first day was a brilliant introduction to the area and a great help in planning the rest of the week. On the evenings, when Lucy was treating us to her excellent home cooking, we found some good restaurants in the village. We really liked the easy going atmosphere, pizzas and salads in La Plazita as well as the (slightly) more formal El Molino with its superb local dishes. During our week in mid-November, we had a couple damp days but for most of the week, we had sunshine and were down to tee shirts for walking when we were out of the wind. However, the temperature plummeted whenever the clouds blew over and the wind could be icy cold; so something warm and windproof in our rucksacks was essential even on the sunniest of days.
In summary this was a great holiday for easy walking in quiet countryside staying in a very welcoming hotel. Afterwards we really enjoyed 5 days in Seville but that is another story.
It was wonderful to have the benefit of advice and information from an Anglo/Spanish couple (Lucy and Angel) at Posada San Marcos. Their nationalities and experience meant that they understood British expectations but were able to explain and introduce us to local customs, food, culture, wildlife, history etc. The accommodation was very good, as were the staff. I would have no hesitation in recommending the whole experience.
Alajar and the entire Aracena area are absolutely unspoilt, and hopefully will remain so. Alajar is a pristine village with the tradition and charm of Andalucia. We were very fortunate to be there during one of their religious festivals and to witness the late-night procession of the Virgen from La Peña. Lucy and Angel are so knowledgeable about their community and the surrounding villages, so they were able to offer additional, valuable guidance before we set out on our walks. I speak Spanish well, which was a help when we ventured out of Alajar, but I do think it's possible to manage without the language.