Palma is the capital of the Spanish island of Mallorca, and we started our week long holiday in Mallorca by spending one day there exploring its old town and enjoying food in its great restaurants. Regardless of the island still having a reputation of a tourist trap we thoroughly enjoyed our stay both in Palma... Continue Reading →
Alhambra castle is the main reason for most people to visit Granada. It's an Unesco World heritage site and the biggest and best preserved Moorish castle in Europe, and that alone is indeed a very good reason to visit Granada. Even for a traveler like myself who has been to tens and tens of castles around... Continue Reading →
Our last hike on our 8 day trip to Andalusia started just 20 min outside Granada from the small town of Monachill. This is also where Sierra Nevada mountains begin, but we only hiked in the lower parts of it. Actually, since it was may, the top parts were still covered in snow! Our hiking... Continue Reading →
Right behind Estepona is Los Reales de Sierra Bermeja which offers amazing views to the entire Andalusian coastline, and you can even see all the way to Gibraltar and Morocco. And what is best, you can get to the viewing platform by car, so no need to hike unless you want like we did. We ended... Continue Reading →
Ronda is an old town some 1h drive from Malaga to northwest, and it's famous for its huge old bridge, the Puente Nuevo built in the 18th century. Given how famous it is (for a reason since it is very beautiful and quite unique) the place is always packed with tourists. Ronda has always appealed... Continue Reading →
The beach in Estepona is really long and perfect for sunbathing. There are plenty of restaurants along the beach (especially in the middle), as well as in the harbour which starts where the beach ends in the west. This is where we also had some great paella, but I have to say the harbour was... Continue Reading →
When booking our vacation in Andalusia, our plan had been to rent bicycles atleast for some part of our holiday. Given we spent the first part of the holiday at the mountains and neither of us is really a mountain cyclist, when we arrived in Estepona it was clear we wanted to go cycling. So,... Continue Reading →
We spent the last 4 nights of our 8 day holiday in Andalusia in Estepona. Estepone is an old touristic town some 80km west of Malaga and offers a very nice alternative to Torremolinos and Furteventura with its beautiful old town. Our Airbnb apartment in Estepona was located on the outskirts of the town, but... Continue Reading →
The surroundings of the village of Competa has plenty of hiking opportunities routes which are mostly well marked. The hike we took was some 10km and started on the hill behind Competa (you can see our route here). The first half was mainly uphill, with amazing views from the top over the valleys on the other... Continue Reading →
Competa is a slightly bigger mountain village compared to Canillas de Albaida and was located some 7 km from our house near Canillas de Albaida. It also has a bigger supermarket and more restaurants, and thus is a perfect place to restock on groceries or have some lunch, which we did at Taberna Hierbabuena. By... Continue Reading →
Our first longer hike started just 1km from our house (our route in wikiloc). The entire hike was some 10km, and lasted some 3-4h, including a break for light lunch which we had packed with us. We found the hike with Wikiloc hiking tracking app which is great for discovering hikes, I just wish tracking... Continue Reading →
Canillas de Albaida is a picturesque tiny mountain village an hour away from Malaga in the southern edge of the Parque Natural Sierras De Tejeda, Almijara y Almiha. The town has couple of small grocery stores for getting your basic supplies along with some lovely cafes and squares for relaxing. The village could be reached... Continue Reading →
We stayed the first 4 nights of our 8 day holiday in Andalusia (or Andalucia as they call it in Spanish) at an amazing mountain villa with a view just outside of Canillas de Albaida. A perfect place to relax, use as a basis to go hiking, relax by the pool (or in the hot... Continue Reading →
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