Huercal-Overa Via Verde

Stage 8 of the Ruta del Argar from Huercal Overa to Almendricos runs along the line of the abandoned Guadix-Almendricos railroad, now reopened as a via verde (greenway). We had really been looking forward to this stage - easy walking with much of interest to see in the surrounding agricultural land including the water museum at El Saltador, but we were stymied yet again by the absence of any place to stay at the end of the stage in Almendricos. However, we had a fine out-and-back walk starting from the old railway station and saw some things we hadn’t expected. It seems that Gustave Eiffel’s work inspired some of the iron bridges that still remain along the line, and he himself may have designed the loading dock at Águilas at the end of the line.Read more