Category Archives: Spain

Güejar Sierra

Tuesday 5th March 2019

The village of Güejar Sierra is located approximately 1100 metres on the north western slope of the Parque Natural de Sierra Nevada, along the hillside of the Cerro del Calar with the beautiful Canales reservoir in the valley below.

It was only 2 kms from our campsite but the approach was all up hill, so we took the car 😉

We don’t mind cycling but the roads in this area are way too steep for ‘us amateurs’ and we only have high praise for the many that we saw in this area. The roads were of Vuelta España standard! Continue reading Güejar Sierra

Gaudix Barrio Troglodyte

Thursday 7th March 2019

One of the places we had wanted to visit was the cathedral town of Gaudix. We had passed it last year whilst near Granada but the weather had not been conducive at the time. With the temperatures in the 20’s and the sun shining, now was our opportunity. In hindsight we would recommend visiting the town between a stop to or from Granada.

From our campsite in Güejar Sierra it meant either a journey circumnavigating Granada, which pushed up the mileage or cutting cross country up spectacular narrow windy roads to the main A-92 to Gaudix. (The roller-coaster route which we took whilst towing the caravan to the campsite).

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