Ventas de Zafarraya to Alcaucín

Ventas de Zafarraya to Alcaucín, 18 km - Apartamentos Cortijo Del Alcázar

The hotel in the next village , Aquí Te Quiero Ver, where we stayed in 2009 on the TransAndalus, is closed for the winter, so Raul, the extremely kind young man who runs the casitas we are now staying in, drove us to Ventas de Zafarraya so we could do today's walk in the reverse direction. He will do the same again on Tuesday so we can continue on to Pulgarín Bajo. In return, we will help him with translations into English because he is trying to get more tourists from the US.

It is quite cold now that we are far enough into the mountains that we have lost the influence of the Mediterranean. There was a thin glaze of ice on parts of the trail until noon today. As it warmed up, we had beautiful views from the track and several miradors. Shortly after the busy Area Recreativa de Alcázar, we ate a great meal at the restaurant where Raul's wife Eva does the cooking.Read more