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Best Towns to Visit in Granada Province (Not Including the Alpujarras)

Granada province stretches from the coast - Costa Tropical  to the north and borders with Spain's largest Natural Park (which is in the neighbouring province of Jaen) Parque Natural de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas. Cazorla Town and National Park Within its boundaries lie the ski slopes of Sierra Nevada and the highest peak on mainland Spain, Mulhacen. Its diverse, beautiful, wild and yet a garden of paradise where tropical fruits grow. I'm going to share with you a couple of my favourite 'best towns to visit' in Granada Province, which don't include the villages of the Alpujarras - that's another day, another post and another holiday, so huge is Granada! Picturesque Castril Almost as far north as you can get while staying in Granada province is the fabulous town of Castril.  A mountain town with an abundance of water creating a small, yet fast flowing river with tumbling waterfalls. Sometimes you're on a wooden walkway on the cliff face, at others you&#

Monday Morning Photo - Cartajima, Serrania de Ronda Mountains


This was my weekend landscape the incredibly beautiful and unspoilt mountain range of Serrania de Ronda. Only about 50 minutes inland from Marbella but world's away from glitz and glammer. This is peace and quiet walking country. A real escape from the hustle and bustle and a spot where it's impossible not to relax and take things at a slower pace.



Cartijama is one of the White Villages of Alto Genal Valley with only around 100 permanent inhabitants, our hotel was in the middle of the village but very quiet and those views.....

Where we stayed - Hotel Los Castaños

If you want to go walking in this area read my post about Walking the Mountains of Ronda......



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