Outdoor activities in AndalucĂa
From the village of Capileira high in the Alpujarras, the southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada, I had descended into the Poqueira gorge past chestnut and fruit trees, their leaves burnished to a copper tone. It’s a splendid walk down to the river that carved this impressive ravine.
A few days later, I found myself leaving behind a gaggle of tourists at the lighthouse to head along one of the loneliest coasts in Europe, round the Cabo de Gata-Nijar in Almería province, where the tall hills drop straight to the sea.
With the tang of spray in the air from the waves bouncing off spiky rocks below, my goal was one of this natural park’s wild beaches.
On my most recent visit to Andalucía, in the great limestone mass north of Marbella, I enjoyed a delightful riverside ramble. Indeed, the entire area up around the villages of Ronda and Grazalema is outstanding for walkers of all abilities, with old drovers’ trails linking those exquisite pueblos blancos (white villages) teetering on ridges and hills.
