Piwin -> RE: Best places in Andalucia? (Jan. 20 2018 12:33:13)
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Lavaderos de la Reina, Sierra Nevada, in late Spring. The lavaderos are located in a cirque directly below several of the 3,000m+ peaks of Sierra Nevada. Go at the right time of year, and the melting ice gives way to several torrents of fresh water. It's a beautiful spot. The hike up there is also not too shabby. As the story goes, the place bears that name after Queen Fabiola of Belgium said: "Si una reina viniese a lavar aquí, ganaría en nobleza." In Cabo de Gata, there's a tiny beach nestled between the cliffs just east of the lighthouse (technically it might be north...anyways, if you're looking at the sea, it's left of the lighthouse!)One of my favorite spots. Unfortunately you have to drive through large spans of nothing to get there so a trip to cabo de gata is a mixed bag really. Cahorros de Monachil, near Granada Capital, and, I can't stress this enough OFF-SEASON AND NOT ON THE WEEK-END! [8D] (it's a rather popular spot...). Anywhere in Las Alpujarras is worth the visit. In the Sierra de Huetor, there are several remains of fortified positions dating back to the civil war. Trincheras del Maullo and trincheras de los atajuelos are the two main ones. They're not necessarily impressive or anything, but t's worth seeing, if only just to imagine what it must have been like. Ubeda y Baeza for the architecture. Small and welcoming. If you go back to Ronda, there's the caminito del rey not too far. It's lost most of its original appeal now that it's safe but it's still pretty damn impressive. Anyways, I guess my priorities are pretty clear with that list. No big cities, a bunch of stuff in nature and no flamenco. [8D] (but really most of those stuff you could do from Granada so I guess that's the city I'm recommending...)
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