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List of Hikes: Length of Hike

Poqueira Circuit

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9.5 km   3 hours   630 m   Medium   Medium   Medium    

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For over a thousand years, people have farmed the steep sides of the Poqueira gorge. Today, with its three picturesque white villages clinging to the mountainside, it is the most popular tourist destination in the Alpujarras, and a great base for hiking in the high mountains. Starting in Capileira, Bubión or Pampaneira, this beautiful circular walk first takes you down through all three villages, and then back up the other side of the gorge.

Puente Palo Loop

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13.5 km   4 hours   544m   Medium   Easy   Medium    

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A varied circuit that takes you through the dense forest, orchards and idyllic pastureland of the western Alpujarras. There is welcome shade as you climb up at the start of the walk, but after you reach the highest point of the walk there are lovely views over the Órgiva valley, the Rules reservoir and the hills beyond. If you’re staying in one of the villages in the Poquiera gorge, this is just a very short drive away in the next valley.

Quéntar Circular

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14.5 km   4 hours   595m   Medium   Easy   Hard    

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As you wind your way up from the village of Quéntar to the east of Granada, passing through almond and olive groves, you start to get panoramic views of the valley below you, the Quéntar reservoir, the mountains of the Sierra de Huétor and, finally, the peak of Veleta. On the walk back down, you pass a peaceful sanctuary and abundant orchards of pomegranate, persimmon, apple and fig trees.

Restábal – Pinos del Valle

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12 km   3 hours   430m   Medium   Easy   Easy    

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A pleasant walk between two white villages, with sweeping views across the Lecrín Valley, the Béznar reservoir and beyond to the Sierra Nevada. Stop for a drink and a snack at a cafe-bar in Pinos del Valle before heading back to Restábal or, if you have the energy, extend the trip by hiking down to a picnic area just above the reservoir.

Restábal to Cónchar

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14km   4 hours   694m   Medium   Medium   Medium    

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This walk takes you between two pretty white villages in the Lecrín valley: Restábal, perched above the Béznar reservoir, and Cónchar, hidden away in a small valley. You follow one ridge out, and a different one back, so you have lovely views of the surrounding valley and up to the snow-capped mountains of the western Sierra Nevada.

Río Verde

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14 km   5h 30min   1025m   Hard   Hard   Medium    

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This walk takes you down into a dramatic gorge where you can take a refreshing dip in the lovely green waters of the Rio Verde. In the gorge, peaceful pools alternate with waterfalls and fast-flowing rapids. Before you reach the gorge, the walk descends through a landscape of pine trees and wild herbs, past a fascinating waterfall with calcified tree trunks.

Ruta Medieval: Busquístar – Juviles

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13.5 km   5 hours   829 m   Medium   Medium   Medium    

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Encompassing the spectacular River Trevélez valley, steeply terraced farmland and the quaint village of Nieles, the Ruta Medieval is the Alpujarras in a nutshell. Wherever possible it follows stone paths that have been used by local people since the Middle Ages. The climb up from the river is quite tough, but there are great views of the high mountains for you to enjoy when you need a rest.

Ruta Medieval: Pórtugos – Busquístar

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7.5 km   2.5 hours   357 m   Medium   Easy   Medium    

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This relatively short circuit takes you through two tiny, beautiful villages that time appears to have forgotten. The paths mainly wind their way through a patchwork of agricultural fields, but there is also a section of scrubland where you have great views of the steep gorge created by the River Trevélez. In spring and early summer there are lovely wild flowers everywhere along the route.

Sacromonte – Silla del Moro

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6.5 km   2 hours   219 m   Easy   Easy   Easy    

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This short circuit begins and ends in Plaza Nueva, right in the heart of the city centre. The Mirador de la Silla del Moro viewpoint offers great views of Sacromonte and the Albaicín, and later on you get lovely views up to the mountains and then down to the Alhambra.

San Francisco – Haza Mesa

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14 km   4h 15 mins   430m   Medium   Medium   Medium    

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Always above the treeline, this walk offers very open views – up to the highest peaks, down to the foothills and across to the neighbouring range of Sierra de Huétor. Although you are very close to the ski station, you wouldn’t know it, because the infrastructure is hidden behind a ridge.