For individual travellers - self-led on the GR7

You could not do better than use the GR7 as an introduction to the area. Staying in small hotels and pensions, the route winds from village to village through a landscape of deep verdant valleys, mountain slopes, oak and chestnut forests and terraced farms tilled by mules. It is a land of wild flowers, ibex, golden orioles and bee-eaters, just waiting to be explored. How to Arrive

The main features

• Choose the start date and duration of your stay. 
• Stay in a mixture of small inns and hotels.
• Local advice & emergency support is in the background.
• Walk on to a new village each day or every other day. 
• Luggage transfers between hotels.
• Route notes provided. We are told, "They are The Best". See a sample below.
• Annotated 1:25000 topographical maps provided.
• example Price, 449 euros per person, 7 nights B&B, (based on 2 people sharing).

Options

• Hire a GPS with your walking route ready to follow
• stay more nights at some/all villages.
• Transfers are available
• choose B&B,half or full board.
• have a guided day to get you orientated .

The Gr7 (E4) It is an ambitious longdistance, way marked footpath linking Greece to Algeciras and we can vouch for the Alpujarran stretch being very well chosen.

The terrain is mountainous, but the route, based on the old mule trails, is always reasonably graded.

Our walk ranges between Yégen and Capileira/Bubion. We think the best plan is to start in Yegen and stay 2 nights to aclimatise or recover from your journey. We provide circular walks based on Yegen and from there you could move on each day working west to finish in the Poqueira valley.

We recommend 2 nights here as there are a good variety of circular walks to suit all tastes and a wealth of interest in the villages.

This plan shows the area at its best and gives time to enjoy it in a relaxed way.

Daily distances are between 10 and 16kms. We can provide longer alternatives if you prefer.

Our meticulous walk notes are constantly updated.
Step by step instructions keep you on track	Town and village plans make route finding easy
After crossing the water course the path bends left a bit to pass above a ruin filled with brambles. The path zigzags up.  It is mostly a cobbled path and heading generally west. At the top of the climb, it passes along side a mesh fence to join a tarmac road. Turn right along the road. Ignore a track to the left signed to GR142. Enter Lobras.
Historical and cultural, notes are included to add interest to the walk and give an excuse to stand and stare
The Barranco de Sangre derives its name from being the site of a bloody battle in 1570 during the Moorish rebellion against the relatively new Christian rulers of Granada (and Spain). So ruthless was the fighting that the valley ran with the blood of both factions, but since, as is well known, Islamic and Christian blood never mixes; the Christian blood flowed downhill and that of the Moors uphill. To this day not even water flows in the bco. for fear of mixing the blood. The inhabitants of Pitres are still honoured with the complimentary epithet, ‘barberos’.
rising from the Bco. de Sangre the track arrives at a 5-way junction (wm213) Take the branch, heading initially east, signed Capilerilla 400m later ignore a left branch (wm214) 100m. later at the junction, fork right (wm215).
All the practical information is included