Walk one was a circuit from Busquistar to Castaras, Notaez and return. Our guide for today was Jeremy Rabjohns.
Cortijo on the path down to the Rio Trevelez
Ancient bridge over the Rio Trevelez on a medieval path
Ruined Cortijo
Snow on the Sierra Nevada peaks in the distance
Descending towards Castaras for lunch.
Lunch in a small bar come shop in Castaras.
En route from Castaras to Notaez
Lots of large Aloe around
Fuente in Notaez
Heading back toward Busquistar in the distance. One more descent and climb before finishing.
Busquistar on our return at about 19:00.
Walk two - Bubion, along the Rio Poqueira valley, Capileira, Bubion. This is walk 4 in Jeremy Rabjohns' book 'Holiday Walks in The Alpujarra'.
Capileira seems quite close, but we took the scenic route!
Descending to Barranco Tejar.
Lots of lizards around.
Looking towards Capileira.
Orange break on an era (threashing circle) looking back towards Bubion.
Descending to cross the Rio Poqueira.
Returning to Bubion
...and looking back across the Poqueira valley.
Walk three - west along the Rio Trevelez from Busquistar. This is walk 9 in Jeremy Rabjohns' book 'Holiday Walks in The Alpujarra' hough we walked it in reverse direction.
The impressive zig-zag path on the south side of the valley.
Mill ruins
Approaching the top of the zig-zag path with Busquistar in the distance.
After about 4km we begin the descent again back down to the Rio Trevelez
...and down...
...to the bridge and another ruined mill. Afterward we climbed to Ferreirola and then onward to return to Busquistar.
Walk four started from Trevelez. After an exhausting climb up through the town itself the path strikes out north to the Rio Culo de Perro. This is walk 10 in Jeremy Rabjohns' book 'Holiday Walks in The Alpujarra'.
Lovely high level walking
Craggy landscape around the Crestones de los Posteros
Descending into the Rio Culo de Perry valley
A large active cortijo
Snow tops on the Sierra Nevada
Descending to the bridge on the Rio Trevelez
The bridge...
...and lunch.
The return follows the eastern bank of the Trevelez, and is sometimes indistinguishable from a stream...
Water meadows on the approach to Trevelez.
