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Spain's Andalusian Walking Tour Package
SPAIN’S ANDALUSIAN WALK
The Andalusian Walk offers the adventurer an opportunity to explore Andalucia; its people, villages, farms, trees wildflowers, animals, birds, cuisine, its culture and its history. This is an immersion into the heart and soul of the Spanish country life that has all but disappeared. You will have the opportunity to see where the culture of Europe and the culture of North Africa met and influenced each other.
The Andalusian Walk starts from one of the most picturesque towns of Andalucia-Arcos de la Frontera. This ancient town was captured from the Moors by Alfonso the Wise in 1264 to become a Christian frontier fortress. Your journey takes you through an ancient no-mans-land, teeming with deer and wild boar, to the Moors’ frontier citadel of Jimena de la Frontera and finally to La Alumna, a distance of some 55 miles.
Nights are spent at a converted cortijo with its fine courtyard and high ceilings, a simple but comfortable country hotel, private houses at La Alumna. A special feature of this walk is your stay in a private ‘Victorian’ shooting lodge, with roaring log fires, located deep in the country surrounded by its own 400 acre deer forest. The views, ancient oak trees, cascading streams, and tranquility make this place very special.
The area abounds in Roe and Red Deer, ancient oak trees, wild rhododendrons, strawberry trees and cascading streams, along with an abundance of fresh air. It offers the traveler willing to adventure into it, the opportunity to enjoy the natural world, a step back into history and an escape from the pressures of modern life.
DETAILS
Includes 7 nights private house/manorial farmhouse/luxury /hunting lodge accommodation, all meals, 5 guided walking luggage transfer, transfers to/from Gibraltar or Malaga art at pre-set time, tax.
Day 1
You will be met at the airport and then driven for about two and quarter hours towards Arcos de la Frontera. Accommodation will be at El Cortijo (pronounced cortiho) Barranco, a large stately farmhouse built in 1754 for Don Pacual Moreno Nunez de Prado and now owned by Don Jenaro Gil Arnim who, with his family, has superbly refurbished it. Each of the nine bedrooms has an en suite bathroom. There will be a farm stroll after lunch in the courtyard. You dine this night in the great hall of the house.
Day 2
After breakfast you set off for Jerez de la Frontea, the Royal Equestrian School and sherry bodegas, Sanlucar de Barrameda, the river Guadalquivir and the Cora Donana, a charming fishing port and the home of Manzania, a supple dry sherry with a hint of sea salt. After lunch you visit Arcos, which dates back to the Romans and is perched high on a cliff top; it is one of the most picturesque mountain towns in Andalucia.
Day 3
From the front door of Cortijo Barranco you set off on foot through rolling farm land and mighty views of the Sierras on one side and Arcos de la Frontera on the other. Lunch and Paco are waiting for you at Finca Liche, a small and delightful farmhouse where Concha, the farmer’s wife, cooks us a very typical Andalucian lunch. From there, a further 5 mile walk to the village of Algar or by vehicle for those who prefer to have time to explore the village and to mix with village life. The night is spent at a comfortable hotel at Algar.
Day 4
A short drive after breakfast enables you to pick up the route again at Puerto de Galiz. From here your walk takes you alongside gushing streams choked with rhododendrons and arbutus (strawberry trees) into the interior of the Parque de Alcornocales, out of sight and sound of modern life. This day’s walk ends at the mountain retreat of Casa Moracha for a late lunch. The house is a 19th century hunting lodge, comfortable with roaring log fires for warmth at night.
Day 5
A day of rest and recuperation at the hunting lodge to wander through the woods at leisure. For those inclined, in the evening the resident stalker takes you to look for and photograph red and roe deer which abound in the forest and the possibility of wild boar. Otherwise this is a time to read, write, paint and relax in this most beautiful and tranquil place.
Day 6
You set off down towards the Horzgarganta river for a few hours, until you swing right and climb towards a tiny farm where you are surrounded by breathtaking views stretching over vast forests. Here you have lunch. After lunch, for those who wish to go further, the walk continues independently for several miles along the spine of the Sierra with views, on a clear day, of the Mediterranean and North Africa. The final hour of the journey will be by vehicle to Finca La Almuna where you will spend your last two nights in private houses.
Day 7
You either spend a quiet morning at La Almuna or walk for about four hours, to the village of El Colmenar. Will The rest of the group drive to join the walkers for lunch at a rather good fish restaurant. The return journey will be by vehicle. Your farewell dinner party that night will be at La Almuna.
Day 8
Departure.
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The Andalusian Walk offers the adventurer an opportunity to explore Andalucia; its people, villages, farms, trees wildflowers, animals, birds, cuisine, its culture and its history. This is an immersion into the heart and soul of the Spanish country life that has all but disappeared. You will have the opportunity to see where the culture of Europe and the culture of North Africa met and influenced each other.
The Andalusian Walk starts from one of the most picturesque towns of Andalucia-Arcos de la Frontera. This ancient town was captured from the Moors by Alfonso the Wise in 1264 to become a Christian frontier fortress. Your journey takes you through an ancient no-mans-land, teeming with deer and wild boar, to the Moors’ frontier citadel of Jimena de la Frontera and finally to La Alumna, a distance of some 55 miles.
Nights are spent at a converted cortijo with its fine courtyard and high ceilings, a simple but comfortable country hotel, private houses at La Alumna. A special feature of this walk is your stay in a private ‘Victorian’ shooting lodge, with roaring log fires, located deep in the country surrounded by its own 400 acre deer forest. The views, ancient oak trees, cascading streams, and tranquility make this place very special.
The area abounds in Roe and Red Deer, ancient oak trees, wild rhododendrons, strawberry trees and cascading streams, along with an abundance of fresh air. It offers the traveler willing to adventure into it, the opportunity to enjoy the natural world, a step back into history and an escape from the pressures of modern life.
DETAILS
Includes 7 nights private house/manorial farmhouse/luxury /hunting lodge accommodation, all meals, 5 guided walking luggage transfer, transfers to/from Gibraltar or Malaga art at pre-set time, tax.
Day 1
You will be met at the airport and then driven for about two and quarter hours towards Arcos de la Frontera. Accommodation will be at El Cortijo (pronounced cortiho) Barranco, a large stately farmhouse built in 1754 for Don Pacual Moreno Nunez de Prado and now owned by Don Jenaro Gil Arnim who, with his family, has superbly refurbished it. Each of the nine bedrooms has an en suite bathroom. There will be a farm stroll after lunch in the courtyard. You dine this night in the great hall of the house.
Day 2
After breakfast you set off for Jerez de la Frontea, the Royal Equestrian School and sherry bodegas, Sanlucar de Barrameda, the river Guadalquivir and the Cora Donana, a charming fishing port and the home of Manzania, a supple dry sherry with a hint of sea salt. After lunch you visit Arcos, which dates back to the Romans and is perched high on a cliff top; it is one of the most picturesque mountain towns in Andalucia.
Day 3
From the front door of Cortijo Barranco you set off on foot through rolling farm land and mighty views of the Sierras on one side and Arcos de la Frontera on the other. Lunch and Paco are waiting for you at Finca Liche, a small and delightful farmhouse where Concha, the farmer’s wife, cooks us a very typical Andalucian lunch. From there, a further 5 mile walk to the village of Algar or by vehicle for those who prefer to have time to explore the village and to mix with village life. The night is spent at a comfortable hotel at Algar.
Day 4
A short drive after breakfast enables you to pick up the route again at Puerto de Galiz. From here your walk takes you alongside gushing streams choked with rhododendrons and arbutus (strawberry trees) into the interior of the Parque de Alcornocales, out of sight and sound of modern life. This day’s walk ends at the mountain retreat of Casa Moracha for a late lunch. The house is a 19th century hunting lodge, comfortable with roaring log fires for warmth at night.
Day 5
A day of rest and recuperation at the hunting lodge to wander through the woods at leisure. For those inclined, in the evening the resident stalker takes you to look for and photograph red and roe deer which abound in the forest and the possibility of wild boar. Otherwise this is a time to read, write, paint and relax in this most beautiful and tranquil place.
Day 6
You set off down towards the Horzgarganta river for a few hours, until you swing right and climb towards a tiny farm where you are surrounded by breathtaking views stretching over vast forests. Here you have lunch. After lunch, for those who wish to go further, the walk continues independently for several miles along the spine of the Sierra with views, on a clear day, of the Mediterranean and North Africa. The final hour of the journey will be by vehicle to Finca La Almuna where you will spend your last two nights in private houses.
Day 7
You either spend a quiet morning at La Almuna or walk for about four hours, to the village of El Colmenar. Will The rest of the group drive to join the walkers for lunch at a rather good fish restaurant. The return journey will be by vehicle. Your farewell dinner party that night will be at La Almuna.
Day 8
Departure.
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