Walking Holidays in Andalucia - Altamira

Andalucia is one of the most varied and spectacular regions in Europe, offering  rugged mountain ranges, leafy forests and golden fields beneath unfailing blue skies. Scattered across this vibrant landscape are the famous white villages where you can wander through narrow Moorish streets and find the heart and soul of southern Spain.

The village of Juzcar in the Serrania de Ronda is a haven for walkers and travellers wishing to explore rural Andalusia. This tranquil white village is only 30 minutes from the Costa del Sol, 20 minutes from the historic town of Ronda and 90 minutes drive from Malaga airport.

Whether you’re looking for all-day hikes, short walks in the national parks or strolls between villages, we can offer you excellent value rural apartment accommodation in Juzcar.

Full of character and simply but comfortably decorated, the apartments are ideal for walkers and independent travellers looking for a quiet retreat in this beautiful white village.

The apartments are located at the edge of the village, looking south over the Serrania de Ronda. These wonderful views can be enjoyed from the terraces which are ideal for sitting out and relaxing.

The historic city of Ronda and the national parks of Sierra de Grazalema and Sierra de las Nieves are only a short drive away.

The Sierra de las Nieves natural park is only a few kilometres from Juzcar and covers an area of about 30km by 20km. There are no tarmac roads within the park but you can use the extensive network of forest tracks in a normal hire car provided that you drive slowly.

The easiest way to enter the park is from the Ronda to San Pedro road about 1 km south of the turning to Juzcar.

The park centres on Mount Torrecilla (1,919 metres) which you can walk to the summit of in about 4 hours, return trip. The park is based on limestone and has deep ravines and spectacular gorges as well as the world’s third deepest sink which descends to 1,100 metres.

Sierra de las Nieves is at the climatic boundary of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and has an original and varied flora.

The Sierra de Grazalema is one of Spain's most ecologically outstanding areas and in 1984 was declared the first natural park in Andalucia. The park is home to over 1,200 species of plant some of which are found nowhere else. The best known of these is the Spanish Fir, or Pinsapo, which has grown here since before the last ice age. The other flora is clearly Mediterranean and includes holm oak, cork, carob and wild olive.

A combination of relatively high rainfall and limestone geology has produced a landscape of high rocky ridges and deep caves and the park contains two of Spain’s best known caves. The Cueva Hundidero-Gato with its biggest cavern measuring 4km long and an entrance of 60m tall is Andalucia's largest cave system and the Cueva de la Pilata, which has art dating from the Upper Palaeolithic era 25,000 years ago.