Antequera to Valle de Abdalajís

Dec 30
Antequera to Valle de Abdalajís, 24 km - Hostal Vista de la Sierra

Wow! Today was the kind of day you dream about - as challenging as can be handled, with rewards galore. I felt good enough to walk today, so we set out for the great trail that goes right through the La Torcal Pass on the challenging track called La Escaleruela. It was zero degrees Centigrade when we started up the pass, but we had sunshine and very little wind all day. The rocky track up to the pass meant we had tremendous mountain scenery all morning, followed by remote tracks trough high cortijos after we rejoined the Coast to Coast route. Now we are the only guests in the Hostal Vista de la Sierra in Valle de Abdalajís, the same hotel where Ned and I stayed in 2009.  Tomorrow...El Chorro.Read more