What will we be visiting?

Throughout the week, we shall be visiting the most highly representative ecosystems of a province characterized mainly by its biodiversity, travelling within barely an hour by car from the subtropical climate of the Mediterranean coast to the perpetual snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the second highest mountain chain in Europe.




Photoa 1 a/b.   Water depicted in the ceramics on the walls and water brimming with life in the Partal Gardens pool. The symbol of Granada, the Alhambra, is a reflection of and home to the lush natural environment of these lands.



Photos 2 a/b.   A herd of mountain goats sunning themselves, watching the hikers make their way from the vicinity of Veleta Peak (3398) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.


Photo 3.   When the thaw comes in June, the highland pasturelands in the 
Sierra Nevada Mountains are at their peak of splendour.

Photo 4.   A wheatear, a specie perfectly well-adapted to the harsh 
weather conditions of Granada’s mountain peaks

Photo 5.   Foothills of Las Builtreras Canyon on the Dúrcal River with the slopes of the 
Caballo Peak (3051 m) in the background.

 Photo 6.   Wild, rugged landscape along the stretch of the Durcal River 
known as the "Dúrcal River Dams".



 Photo 7.   Riverbank forest skirting the course of the Dúrcal River as it
 flows into the Lecrín Valley.



 Photo 8.   Pingurchi Peak (1239 m) in Nigüelas


 Photo 9.   Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) scanning its hunting grounds

 Photo 10.   Red squirrel surprised in the early morning hours of dawn on
 Cerro Alto Mountain peak (1217m)

 Photo 11.   The Alhama Canyon and Cacin River make an ideal setting for watching
 the avifauna along the riverbanks and rocky cliffs.


 Photo 12.   Little owls make their homes in the farm houses and old structures 
mostly abandoned today in the El Temple region.



Photo 13.   The bee eater, an explosion of colour when springtime comes to Granada’s fields.

Photo 14.   First gleams of sunlight over Tajo de los Vados Canyon.


 Photo 15.   Kingfisher at the mouth of the Guadalfeo River.



 Photo 16.   A purple gallinule looking for food along the edge of the pond at twilight.