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Taramay Almunecar

Trav. Taramay, s/n Almunecar, Andalusia, 18690, Spain and Canary Islands

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Collado de Umbrales

A travel blog entry by mrvince1952

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... Finally, we get to what in Scotland would be described as "The Bad Step". We have to negotiate a short but extremely narrow ledge on the side of a huge boulder, with a drop of 10 metres or more into the bottom of the barranco on our left. I throw my poles and gloves down first to make maximum use of the small hand holds and edge gingerly across. Not a nice spot!After passing this crux point, there's more tough going as the gradient eases and the vegetation begins to ...

Unbelievable natural beauty

A travel blog entry by yippeeyahoo

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... out of this world. I could only think what it must be like to be a dancer performing there, among the rock pillars. The caves were inhabited as long ago as 25,000 years. There are paintings but not in the public area, but that didn't stop us from thinking about the cavewoman skit and having a laugh.

From the Nerja caves we took the bus down to the Balcony of Europe an outcrop of rock that looks back at the coast and mountains, ...

Collado de los Civiles

A travel blog entry by mrvince1952

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... s quite an easy walk up to the col. From here, as well as the view behind (which now includes Maroma), you can look across the valley to the east where the peaks of Cisne and Cadena take the eye. I haven't been up either of these yet - Cisne in particular is supposed to be a very long, hard day. There's also a helipad and reservoir in the bottom of the valley, maintained for fire-fighting purposes. It's quite windy here and I nearly lose a glove which is carried away after ...

Cielo

A travel blog entry by mrvince1952

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... t possible today. Inland you can see the whole length of the Almijara as far as Maroma, but the most impressive feature is the yawning gap of the Barranco de Cazadores (the "Hunters' Ravine) below Almendron - the cliffs above it must be several hundred metres high. And if I had very powerful binoculars, I'd be able to pick out my flat in Frigiliana!

The return journey is always much easier than the outward one. It only takes 3 hours to get down. ...

South to Granada

A travel blog entry by petesaga

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... Century American writer whose "Tales of the Alhambra" earned him fame and various other memorials around this part of Spain. He also fanned the New World’s cultural cringe by travelling to Europe expressly to seek out what he called the “storied associations” of its multi-layered landscape that he couldn’t find in the raw natural scenery of his native land.


Back in the city the streets were buzzing in the afternoon heat, cafes ...

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