Guided group walking holiday
winter sun walking - December 2010.
 The main features (download pdf of detail)
- 3*hotel, half-board, 7 nights.
- Midday picnic or bar lunch.
- Dinners with wines.
- Spacious, well furnished rooms.
- 6 days of guided walking.
- Celebration; new years eve dinner dance.
- Includes all transfers & transport in Spain.
- Start date 26.12.2010.
- Price.
Excluded:
- flights
- personal bar expenses.
Options:
- Arrive early and include Christmas! We can arrange Andalucian city visits or some more walking, to fill a few days before you join the group on the 26th.
- Add days on to the end of the week in a similar way.
Diet options. We provide a menu that includes omnivore and vegetarian options but charge a supplement of €70 if you require meals prepared to any other specification.
  The hotel is family owned and run, has excellent facilities and is furnished to a higher than average standard with very spacious bedrooms. There is a friendly informal atmosphere and most of the staff speak sufficient English to chat and help guests with their wants.
For friends who would like to share, the rooms are ideal in that many are in fact mini-suites with 2 bedrooms sharing 1 bathroom. Singles who do not wish to pay a single supplement can take advantage of this room plan by telling us they do not mind sharing with another same sex, group member.
 The Meals.
Ample buffet breakfasts set you up for the day's exercise and dinner with included wine will relax you afterwards.
At lunch time we will be provided with a picnic or a bar lunch. In some bars this consists of simple, surprise tapas in others a "menu" or set dish of the day. Spanish lunch time starts is normally 2pm but en-route snacks will be provided by your leader.
Dinner is a set meal with vegetarian options giving a good variety of Alpujarran dishes during the week. According to the Spanish timetable the ealiest time for dinner is 8.30pm.
On New years eve a special multi-course banquet with live entertainment and dancing, will give us all a chance to welcome the coming year.
The itinerary gives a deep insight to the region and total care and support to participants from touch down to take off. You wont need to think, plan, or spend; just enjoy.
The walks will be varied to suit the mood of the group, but as a general aim we make the walks relaxed and enjoyable for all. The aim is to explore the culture, past and present and enjoy the hills and valleys at the same time. Some sections might be demanding, but we control the pace and allow plenty of time, so the walks are acheivable by all but the very un-fit.
Daylight is limited at this time of year and Spanish lunches can be long, so on days when we eat in a bar there is likely to be minimal walking in the afternoon.
 
Winter walking implies a bit of risk with the weather but all the pictures on this page were taken during the same week during our 2009 holiday.
Based in La Tahá de Pitres, one of the best places to walk and discover the spectacular gorge of the Rio Trevélez we can walk from the hotel door and wander the alleys of the many picturesque villages set on the hillside. We are also near enough to the other main centres to take a short bus ride and make day excursions walking in the other valleys of the Alpujarra.
“Don’t want to walk everyday"? Well there are no rules, the hotel provides a pleasant environment to rest and relax and taxis are available if you want to get off to explore on your own.”
The only pocket money you will need would be for personal bar expenses and other purchases. The hotel will accept credit cards and ATMs are toi be found in most of the villages we visit.
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The week's itinerary
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Start Date - provisionally 26th December but be the first to book and we will match your preference for start date.
Arrival On 26th. December. You will be met personally by your guide for the week, at Malaga airport.
When arranging your flights, try to plan an arrival between 10.00 and 12.00 in order to coincide with other group arrivals. See advice about flights.
Some flight suggestions are
The transfer to the hotel in Mecina take 3hrs or less and is planned to take lunch at beach restaurant to break the journey. We should arrive at the hotel in time to settle in take a fino and dine laterv at about 8.30PM.
Dinner will be taken with your guide who will explain the plan for the week, and we will all start to get acquainted.
On days 2 to 7.
Breakfast. The general plan for each day will be to enjoy the ample buffet breakfast in a leisurely way, before leaving the hotel at about 10am.
Walk. We will explore this beautiful patch of country and its fascinating villages, walking up to 15km each day, with lunch along the way.
lunch. Whenever feasible lunch will be taken in a local bar giving more opportunity to explore local delicacies and wines.
On some days a varied picnic will be provided. (sorry, no soggy cheese and tomato sandwiches).
We plan to return to the hotel each day at about 5pm.
Dinner in the hotel.
6 3-course dinners house wine included, are provided at the hotel. Vegetarian options are provided.
New Years Eve. New years eve Dinner There will be about 40 guests enjoying a traditionally indulgent "Noche Vieja" dinner with live music and a dance area set aside in the restaurant. In Spanish this "eve" is referred to as "The old night". Wines and Cava are included tonight.
New Years day. A walk is planned, but will perhaps start later and be taken very steadily.
Day 8,Departure On 2nd. January.
From the Hotel we allow 3 hours to drive to Málaga. A flight departing at 12.30 would be the earliest practicable. We leave after a quick coffee and minimal breakfast at 07.30 (or later hopefully) depending on the earliest flight we have to catch.
Idealy you will all get flights with departure times between 12.00 and 14.00. If you get a later departure it may mean that you have an unnecesarily long wait at the airport.
Some flight suggestions are
Lunch is not included today but there are all the usual facilities in the airport.
See advice about flights. |
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