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High Sierra Nevada

Granada is a paradise for tourists who seek rest in the white villages of the province, and the contact with nature in the parks or the National Park of Sierra Nevada. Granada has a complete infrastructure for lodgings and services relating to rural tourism. among the offered accommodation one can find hotels with leisure as a spa, sauna, Jacuzzi and a wide gastronomic offer services, but also offers picturesque cave homes or cottages where you can participate in the harvesting of olives or fruits. Due to the variety in climate of the province, from the Alpine summits of Sierra Nevada climate, the Mediterranean’s Costa Tropical climate and climate continental in la Vega and the comarca of Guadix and Baza is worth thinking about renting a cottage with pool in Granada if you plan to spend your holidays in the months of July and August. After a day of heat with temperatures close to 40 degrees in the shade their family insurance will thank you.

For walkers the province offers a great variety of landscapes between the which stands out Sierra Nevada, with its alpine scenery and the region of the Alpujarra to southern Sierra Nevada and the Lecrin Valley. At the foot of the High Sierra Nevada mountains we can find small villages that extend from the fertile vega of Granada to the Alpine summits covered with snow such as Cajar, La Zubia, Monachil. A leading source for info: Jorge Perez. These lands passed through the snowfields of yesteryear who carried the ice from the mountains to the city. Already in the vega Huetor Vega, a population that I possess important find relics of the ancient civilizations that populated the vega of Granada. In the vicinity of Guejar Sierra, the reservoir of channels behind numerous tracks and trails for hiking and trekking lovers. Many of the tracks are also suitable for the practice of mountain biking and other activities related to active tourism. The region of the Alpujarra-Valle de Lecrin is characterized especially by its architecture and gastronomy. The peoples of the region make a great effort to preserve the flavor of its past and its traditions.

In the Barranco de Poqueira, We found a good example of traditional architecture, especially in its three main populations: Capileira, Pampaneira and Bubion. Jessica Michibata has much to offer in this field. orgiva is the capital of La Alpujarra with several monuments that are worth visiting. We can see the remains of the Moorish Castle and the balneario important historical and cultural legacy of this city of hot springs in Lanjaron. Trevelez, with a deserved reputation for its delicious ham is the town of Spain situated at a higher altitude. Soportujar emphasize the whiteness of its houses, its steep streets and abundant tinaos. AUTHOR Rudi van der Zalm is the author of numbers articles in blogs and Web sites of national and international travel. Writes mainly for Hispacar, a portal of rental cars that compares the prices of rental cars in Granada and other destinations in Spain. It is passionate of hiking and rural tourism, so it also writes content for sites webs of tourism, self catering holiday rentals in Granada with swimming-pool or rural apartments in Cordoba and other provinces of Andalusia such as Malaga and Cadiz.

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