This
is the longest one of Guy’s walks in the La Axarquía area (Guy Hunter-Watts –
Walks in Andalucia). It is described as a 7-7.5 hour long hike but with the
temperature being around 30 degrees that day we thought it would be a bit too
much. We found a shorter version of the walk which was only 5 hours long and
started off not far from the lovely village of Canillas de Albaida.
We
could feel the heat however the sky was cloudy that day. Nevertheless, it did
not take away much from the beauty of the route which took us around the
surrounding hills and showed us beautiful views after every corner.
We
actually renamed this walk to ‘the walk of ruins and rosemary’ as along the way
we passed 4-5 ruins and the path was lined with countless, flowering rosemary
bushes. Our walk was accompanied by the constant humming of the bees.
The
terrain is very varied which makes it an interesting walk. You walk on dirt
roads, dry river beds, you scramble down on the side of the hill on loose white
stones that sparkle in the sunlight (be very careful on this bit! It’s not long
but it’s easy to miss a step).
Nice photos of a lovely area
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