EASTER GUIDED WALKING Holiday
Places available for 5th April: No single supplementsGUIDED WALKING
LATE AVAILABILITY and DISCOUNTS.
13th March plus 5th April. 10% discount off these holidays.
NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENT.
All the guided walking holiday dates and prices here.
All of these holidays are guaranteed departures.
Our self catering cottages "Casa L'Ametler" , Almond Tree cottage and Casa Dianica have availability through the Winter and Spring. The ideal base for a self guided walking holiday or just to relax and enjoy Spanish village life.
Self guided walking and hiking. We have over 100 self guided walks, mapped and described, covering more than 1600 kilometers of footpaths with a mix of easy, moderate and strenuous walks. For those looking for a good hill walking challenge we have more than 60,000 mts of ascent/descent mapped . Check out our comprehensive guided walks index here.
Self catering or hotel accommodation available throughout the spring.Mountainwalks.com are delighted to offer a new guided walking holiday based in Ronda, Andalucia. This is the first time this holiday has been available and is being run by locally based Elaine Jones. Elaine lives in Ronda and has had many years experience working as a
Tour Leader, Walks Leader for major outdoor tour operators.
This walking holiday is based at the excellent Hotel Enfrente Arte in the old quarter of Ronda. Unusually for this type of walking holiday, and along with our aim to avoid "hidden costs" so often encountered on this type of holiday;it is an all inclusive holiday ( excluding flights to the holiday start point at Malaga airport). Return transport is included from/to Malaga to/from your hotel in Ronda. 7 nights accommodation at the hotel with breakfast. In the evening we will able to sample local dishes in several different restaurants and tapas bars in town. Lunch is also provided either at local bars or as a picnic. There is a minimum number of 6 people required for this holiday to run.
The price per person is 895 Euros or 815 pounds. NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENTS.
RONDA GUIDED WALKING
Based in the boutique Hotel Enfrente Arte in Ronda, we have a week of grade 2 walks combined with time to discover the beautiful town of Ronda, perched on the El Tajo gorge.
We will experience some of Andalusia’s most picturesque landscapes in an area that has some of the best walking in Spain. Those not wishing to walk will find a rich cultural heritage waiting to be discovered in the old town of Ronda, which dates back to the Moorish times. It is also possible to make a day trip to Sevilla, one of the loveliest and most exciting Andalusian cities.
Walks will be in the stunning mountain ranges around Ronda: the Sierra de Grazalema, the Sierra de las Nieves and, of course, the Serrania de Ronda. These areas combine rugged mountain scenery with oak forests and the famous white villages of Andalusia where traditions have remained unchanged for centuries.
Sierra de Grazalema: A UNESCO biosphere reserve, the park is famous for its spectacular, rugged landscape of cliffs, gullies, caves and gorges. 1300 Mediterranean plant species have been registered here, many of them endemic. There are also colonies of griffon and black vultures.
Sierra de las Nieves: Also a UNESCO biosphere reserve, this natural park has had very little human influence and has a rich variety of flora and fauna amongst its breathtaking scenery.
Serrania de Ronda: A beautiful mountain area studded with charming white villages and offering valley walks in one of the few remaining natural Mediterranean oak forests.
Hotel Enfrente Arte has individually designed rooms with original works of art, an outdoor swimming pool, sauna, terrace, and free use of the bar whenever you want. It is located in a historic building in the old town of Ronda.
Ronda itself has many attractions including the oldest bullring in Spain, the House of the Moorish King, Arab baths and, of course, a walk into the gorge for the famous view of the 18th century New Bridge. You may also wish to taste the award-winning Ronda wines in the Wine Museum.
Meals will be a combination of picnic lunches, or possibly a village bar for tapas. In the evenings we will be able to sample local dishes in several different restaurants and tapas bars in town, completing our evening with a stroll around the cobbled streets. We will also hold a special paella evening and a Moorish dinner in the hotel.
A relaxed, easy-paced week of superb walking combined with historical and cultural discovery. An unforgettable Andalusian experience.
Independent and self guided walking holidays
Self guided walking holidays in the Alicante mountains inland from the Costa Blanca.
We are making rapid progress cataloguing all our walks with detailed maps and descriptions, thanks to the efforts of one of our leaders Jem Wilcox. There are now 103 different self guided walks mapped with detailed route descriptions. In total we have more than 1600 kms of footpath mapped and described and in excess of 60,000 mts of ascent/descent.
Other walks are currently in development.
There are walks to suit most abilities.
- WAYMARK HOLIDAYS - 2008-
Sadly Waymark Holidays have ceased to exist as an independent company offering walking holidays. Having been bought out by First Choice Holidays/TUI and absorbed into their Exodus division, Waymark walking holidays came to an end in late 2007. The Waymark Holidays name is still the property of TUI/ First Choice and the Waymark name is still used to promote Winter Skiing holidays. A small number of the Waymark Holidays walking destinations were aborbed into the Exodus programme but a great many excellent destinations have been lost and the choice of holidays available to walkers has been reduced. Anyone interested in the comprehensive story of Waymark Holidays can find it on the web site of
Colin Saunders ( writer and walker).
- Our walking holidays which were especially developed for Waymark Holidays back in 1996, will continue to run and offer excellent value as always, for those wishing to experience the great walks this area of Spain has to offer. Flights are available from most UK regional airports and other major centres in Europe. It is easy to get to Alicante and we will transfer you to our base in Quatretondeta from there. All our 2010 walking holidays are guaranteed to run once you have made a reservation. Unlike many operators we guarantee that all our holidays will take place. Special rates for group bookings of 8+ people. Please contact us for a quote.We have a blog site which has full details of our very successful birding holiday, visit it at Birds of Eastern Spain . Dennis and Jackie Price, who visited us at Quatretondeta on one of our walking holidays in November 2007 ,have posted a report on their walking holiday at Quatretondeta along with walk route descriptions and some great photographs of the dramatic walks in this part of Spain . You can see this and information on other great walks here:- Quatretondeta, walking in Spain:EMAIL: USEFUL LINKS Hiking world wide, resource and information service.
- The fiesta is possibly the most important element of Spanish life, find about some of the great fiestas of Spain
- Conservation of the Sierra Serrella and Sierra Aitana in the Alicante mountains. PROJECT LIFE- General information and discussion on walking, birding and flora holidays.
- The Alicante mountains and mountainwalks.com are recommended by members of East Cheshire Ramblers Walking in England More than 4,000 FREE England walks to download, details of all the books, maps and walking groups in the country
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