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Three areas in the province of Malaga, walking from village to village:
1. GR 92 - Senda Litoral - Malaga to La Duquesa (blue pins)
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  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    Day 73

    Madrid

    Yesterday in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F

    We are in Madrid, ready to fly to the US tomorrow, so this is our last posting. We loved the Sierra de las Nieves and its villages and are heading home full of appreciation for all the people who helped us out in various ways.

    We took the train to get to the Malaga airport this morning. It turned out to be a good choice because, although the elevator wasn’t running at 8:30 AM, it was an easy walk to get to the train station. (And I didn’t have to face riding up in that exposed elevator tower.)

    Here in Madrid, we have a nice little apartment for the night right across from a park in the casco histórico of Barajas. We will be able to cook supper tonight and breakfast tomorrow before we leave, and we are going home with clean clothes thanks to the washing machine here. The flight we are taking tomorrow left 6.5 hours late today; let’s hope it does better tomorrow. It flies directly over Santiago de Compostela and we have window seats on the side with that view.

    Many thanks to those of you who have been on this journey with us.    Read more

  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
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    Day 72

    Train or bus

    May 12 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

    Today was reserved for two tasks. The first was an easy one: Go to the Chinese store around the corner and get a sports bag to put our hiking poles in for the trip home.

    The second was a bit more complicated and is still not resolved: Should we take a train or a bus to the airport tomorrow? The train is appealing because it stops directly at the airport, but it is a bit challenging to get to (Ned tried out the route today), and it was very crowded when we rode it a few days ago - no seats available. The bus has the advantage of being close by, and the disadvantage of not stopping directly at the airport. We would have to cross a divided highway on an elevated walkway and make our way through backstreets (which we know how to do because that’s the way we left the airport when we arrived). So the pros and cons are about equal. We’ll see.

    We ended up having plenty of time left over for a walk along the Paseo Marítimo into Torremolinos to see the Casa de los Navajas. Google Maps helpfully told us before we even started out that it was closed today, but we went anyway because it was a nice walk along the beach and we would be able to see the impressive exterior of the mansion built by a Malaga sugar baron. As we were making our way back, we had the added bonus of seeing the torre that was originally called Torre de Molinos and gave the town its name.

    As you can see in the video, the doves that visit our balcony frequently have been a great source of enjoyment.

    www.wikiloc.com/walking-trails/torremolinos-cas…    Read more

  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    Day 71

    Playa Carvajal to Playa Chaparral

    May 11 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 73 °F

    Our final walk for this trip started where we left off yesterday on the GR 92 along the Paseo Marítimo, close to the beach, with the Mediterranean on one side and shops and restaurants on the other. (The most frequent combination today: Indian/Italian/Tex-Mex.) Plenty of sunshine for Ned to enjoy his shorts! The surprise of the day was seeing one of the famous Osborne bull steel silhouettes appear on a hillside above the endless stream of apartment houses and hotels. We didn’t know there were any in this area.

    The city of Fuengirola provides many amenities along this stretch: art installations, beach showers, WC‘s, lifeguards, exercise stations, and more. So we were taken by surprise when we crossed the bridge over the Rio Fuengirola, and the nature of the route changed completely. We were suddenly on a cliff above the water, directly beside the A-7 four- lane divided highway with cars, trucks, and buses thundering by at high speeds and only a guardrail between us and the fast-moving traffic. The views of the Mediterranean were still there, but we did not find this section pleasant because of the constant traffic noise. We were very glad when a bus showed up to take us back to our apartment!

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  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
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    Day 70

    La Carihuela to Fuengirola

    May 10 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F

    Today was a good day for a walk along the beach. It was sunny and warm - a big change from when we were in this area in March and almost got blown off the cliffs. Ned wishes he had worn his shorts today, but he’ll have another chance tomorrow.

    The Paseo Marítimo is right along the beach starting from La Carihuela, so on one side you have a beautiful view of the Mediterranean and on the other side, you have your choice of literally hundreds of restaurants between Torremolinos and Benalmádena offering every possible nationality’s specialties - Dutch, German, and British of course, but also Indian and Chinese and more.

    Today is Saturday so there were lots of people out enjoying the path: runners, walkers, cyclists, swimmers, sun-bathers, fishermen, and even a couple having romantic engagement pictures taken on one of the breakwaters.

    From Benalmádena to Fuengirola, the cliffs come right down into the ocean, so the walkway is often elevated. The water below is very clear and looks like it would be great for snorkeling.

    Once in Fuengirola, we had our choice of taking either the bus or the train back to La Carihuela. We first settled on taking the bus, but it pulled away from the bus stop when we were still about 20 feet away. We decided to walk ahead to the next bus stop rather than sit and wait 20 minutes, but the same thing happened again, so we walked up a really steep road to take the Cercanias commuter train back to the station near our apartment, but we ended up on the wrong side of the tracks and couldn’t find a way to cross. Back down the steep road, up 106 steps, try to make sense of the ticket machine, and -whew- we made the next train.

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    Day 69

    People, people, and more people

    May 9 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F

    We’ve seen more people today than in the last two months put together! After all that time in small mountain villages, the cities of the coast with their endless high rise apartment buildings seem like a different world. Our apartment is a little haven though, right next to a big park, with a rocky hillside directly behind us.

    We took the bus from Ojén to Marbella, and then anther bus to Torremolinos. From there we walked to La Carihuela. Tomorrow and Sunday, we will walk from here on the coastal path. The weather looks glorious. Quite a change from March!    Read more

  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
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    Day 68

    Last walk in the Sierra de las Nieves

    May 8 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F

    Today was our last day in the Sierra de las Nieves. Tomorrow we are taking the bus to La Carihuela on the coast, a few train stops from the Malaga airport. We’ll have a few days to do some sections of the GR 92 that we missed in March due to the storms, and then on Tuesday, we fly to Madrid, and Wednesday to the US.

    The Sierra de las Nieves proved to be a great choice for this trip. We’ve gotten to explore eight villages and have had some spectacular mountain walks, especially the day up La Blanquilla, and our ventures into the Sierra Prieta. The March rains caused some trail damage and flooded fords, but the rain also brought a profusion of wildflowers and birdsong that we have enjoyed immensely.

    For our last walk, we chose an easy route that took us north of the village along the Río Real.
    A bridge at the end of the track connects across the river to the singletrack trail we didn’t take yesterday. It joins up with the dirt track we did walk that runs along the west side of the Sierra Bermeja. (We didn’t take the singletrack today either, having seen the damage farther up yesterday.) We also had a great view of the huge scar, maybe 150 feet long or so, where the cliff over the river collapsed and washed away. Whew!

    Ojén has been a great spot for our last village, a mountain town with a touch of seaside flavor. On the weekends, people flock up here from Marbella and fill the squares with lively conversation at the outdoor cafés. The trails are busy with walkers, runners, and mountain bikers. But the weekdays have been quiet and serene, just the right ending for our mountain days.

    www.wikiloc.com/walking-trails/ojen-rio-real-21…    Read more

  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    Day 67

    Sierra Bermeja

    May 7 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F

    Hurray! We finally found another loop out of Ojén that was as good as the one we walked on Sunday. This one went along the side of the Sierra Bermeja range, named for the red color of its rocks.

    The Río Real carves out a deep valley as it flows down from the mountains to pass by Ojén, complicating access to the village. We knew if we crossed the river by its one bridge this morning that there would be two possible routes back. One was a singletrack trail cutting down an arroyo to cross the river via a tree-trunk bridge. Our luck with those sorts of trails has not been good, nor was it today - more storm damage. The other was a dirt road that crosses the river via a ford, but does not connect with any tracks to get back into the village. Instead, you have to walk on the A-7103, the only paved route leading north out of Ojén. We were afraid this would have a lot of traffic on it, but it turned out to be perfectly fine in spite of the fact that it didn’t have any shoulder at all. Luckily, only one bus came by while we were on it. We knew from riding the bus from Marbella to Monda at the beginning of this trip that the bus occupies both lanes as it goes around the six hairpin bends that allow it to climb up out of the barranco. It beeps twice as it approaches each hairpin to warn oncoming traffic (and walkers!) to get out of the way.

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  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
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    Day 66

    Huertas loop

    May 6 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F

    Another easy walk today that took us by huertas and olive, orange, and avocado groves south of the village. There was a path down toward the river that we wanted to take all the way to Marbella, but it was badly eroded by the March storms and is currently impassible. Instead, we watched some men playing boules and then visited the Museo del Molino on our way back. We saw the water-driven millstones that crushed the olives and drained off the 30% of the fruit that is oil.

    Ojén is a conundrum in terms of access to trails. It is the southernmost of the villages on the east side of the Sierra de las Nieves, and the last of the villages for us to visit. The other villages have all had steep but doable access, but Ojen has escarpments on all sides but the west that are too difficult for me to negotiate. Tomorrow we’ll try a route to the SW that I’m pretty sure will work.

    www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/2025-05-06-06-38-…    Read more

  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    Day 65

    A walk to the polideportivo

    May 5 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F

    The sports arena was not our intended destination, but it ended up being one today. We used up much of the morning interacting with the Wi-Fi technician who came to remedy the problems in our rental apartment caused by the nationwide power outage last week. Then we picked what we thought was the shortest way to the GR 249 trailhead, planning to walk south toward the Mediterranean, but to reach it, we had to have a way to cross the busy A-355 north of Ojén. There is an underpass just above the sports center, but the route we took to get there left a gap that was insurmountable for me. Instead, we made our way back to the village, stopping to view a very interesting display about the mining history of this area followed by an even more interesting chat with two men from a pest control company who are going around the village eliminating cockroaches that are living in the town’s drainage system. I’ll spare you the details of that! Suffice to say it’s a big problem.

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  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    Day 64

    Puerto de los Carreros

    May 4 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F

    After yesterday’s adventure (narrow ledges, steep drop-offs, too precarious to even think about taking a photo), I wanted the exact opposite for today. That is exactly what we got: wide, smooth concrete or dirt tracks, plenty of space between us and the drop-off, and fantastic views all the way from the Mediterranean and the Rock of Gibraltar to our now-familiar Torrecilla.

    Because it was Sunday, lots of other people were out enjoying the same route - walkers, runners, and lots and lots of mountain bikers. They passed by pedaling valiantly on the uphill leg, and roared by at great speed on the downhill leg. Quite impressive.

    The only snag came at the end of the route. We had turned off on a dirt track and were within a half km of joining up with our outward track when we saw a sign saying “ Peligro. Colmenas” (Danger. Beehives). Well, we thought, we’ve passed a lot of beehives on various tracks in Spain and never had a problem, so let’s not worry about this one. But as we got closer, we saw two men working there, all suited up in protective gear. They waved their arms madly at us, shouting that it was dangerous and telling us to go back to the paved road. We did so reluctantly, retracing our steps and plotting a new route back to Ojén. It worked out fine, but when they passed us in their truck a few minutes later, I wondered if we would have gone through just fine had we arrived at that point after they left.

    www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/ojen-puerto-de-lo…    Read more

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