Walking

Plan Your Own Walking Holiday in Fabulous Axarquia

We have put together a superb package of beautiful and challenging walks for all abilities, so you can choose exactly the type of walking holiday you want. Based at the fabulous Villa Dama De La Sierra, you can self cater or have our Full Board Service. If you choose Full Board, your day starts with a hearty breakfast, you will be given a balanced packed lunch and bottled water to sustain you through your day's activities. Together with your friends make your final decision on your day's activity, as soon as you are ready, we take you. We also collect you at the end of your route and bring you back to the Villa or, onto the next stage of your days adventure. You may then join us for Dinner with wine and share your experiences, or be taken to dine at a quality local restaurant, you choose? Nothing comes close to the freedom and flexibility that this holiday offers, you really are in control!

Holidays start from £249* per person for 7 nights

What you can expect...

* Based on 5 people sharing self catering. The maximum capacity of the Villa is 9 sharing.
NB Flights are not included

NB Flights are not included

*Full board option includes;

Start your day with:- A Full English Breakfast

Packed lunch To keep you going!

Join us for Dinner? 3 Courses £10 & Wine is included

Great Walks, Great Weather, Great Location

The Villa, Dama De La Sierra (Queen of the Mountains) is located between Competa and Salares in the Sierras Tejada and Almijar “Parc Natural”. The Villa is a marvellous base for a family, or a group of friends to explore the region. The area is renowned for its historic white villages that have a distinctive Moorish influence, scattered amongst some dramatic high mountain peaks and yet just 30 minutes from the Mediterranean. In the morning you could walk through vineyards, orange groves, avocado plantations. During the afternoon, you can walk on the cliff tops overlooking the shimmering Mediterranean Sea. Finish the day off with a well earned drink and Tapas at a Beach Bar, absolutely perfect!

You have a huge choice of different walking itineraries to choose from, so you are free to design your very own and very special holiday. As a bonus, the area boasts the best climate in Europe, with over 300 sunny days a year, so you can come all year round and expect great weather too!

Guided or Go It Alone, you choose?

Using the maps, local guide books and the GPS hand held device at the Villa. You can create your very own walks. You can choose to walk into the villages or in the hills, try a mountain peak of two, walk along the coast, or combine both. We are on hand to offer you advice and support, but the final choice is yours! Go at your own pace, where you want, when you want, with your own family and friends. To get more out of your walking experience, hire your own local English speaking guide. They will accompany you and supply additional facts and local knowledge about the areas you are passing through? You can select a, linear walk, circular walk or even a two centre walk, you choose, you are in control!

A sample of each of the “Walker Rating” Itineraries available to you

Walker Rating		Name	Time Walking	Length
Very Easy		Paraje Natural de los Acantilados de Mar y Cerro Gordo:- A Well-known costal short walk (Torre de Maro)	2 hrs	5 kms.
Easy		Short Walks from La Fábrica de la Luz:- Excursions off the walker’s beaten track	1¾ hrs	6 kms.
Average		Lucero from Rambla de la Mota:- The region's most spectacular peak	6-7 hrs	16 kms.
Energetic		Rio Chillar:- A great river walk	6 hrs	13 kms.
Strenuous		La Maroma: El Alcazar The Iberian peninsula's westernmost 2000 metre summit	6-7 hrs	16 kms.
Source:- Walk the Axarquia book by Charles Davies