The long distance footpath, the GR7,
crosses the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, linking villages of
the Alpujarras east-west.
See Guy Hunter-Watts' description of the Walk
of the Ruined Mills and Arab Baths, which begins and ends in
Ferreirola. There are details of further walks in this area in his
guide Walking in Andalucia.
The Vía
Verde of the Sierra Nevada is a former railway line that has
been converted into a 6km-long walking and cycling track starting
15km south of Granada city, at Güéjar-Sierra.
Sendero Siete Lagunas is an 8km challenging walk to one
of the Sierra's most spectacular spots, a glacial valley at over
3,000m sandwiched between the peaks of Mulhacén and Alcazaba, with
seven mountain lakes (siete lagunas). The walk starts in Trevélez.
You can take a sleeping bag to spend the night here. In summer,
you can also continue on to Mulhacén peak the next day.
Sendero Nacimiento del Río Andarax is a fairly easy linear
walk of 6½km (13km round trip). It starts from the Nacimiento picnic
area a few kilometres outside Láujar de Andarax in Almeria province
and leads to the source (nacimiento) of the Andarax river, where
there is another picnic area, Monterrey, with a mountain refuge.
First the path zigzags through dense pine forest by the side of
the river. Some 4km later there is a crossroads; take the left-hand
fork and a bit further on there are some superb views down the valley.
Carry on taking the left-hand path whenever there is a fork in the
track.
