FRIGILIANA
21 to 28 March 2020
From €580 Twin room sharing
Small 3 star Frigiliana hotel.
- All transport including airport transfers.
- 7 Nights hotel accommodation on bed and breakfast basis.
- 4 Guided hikes with packed lunches and drinks.
- Single room price available on request.
- Valid from October to May.
Not Included:
- Flights to Malaga.
- Travel Insurance.
Why Frigiliana?
- Only 60 minutes transfer from Malaga Airport.
- Our hotel is in the town centre.
- At least 10 to 15 bars and restaurants to choose from.
- Not too busy with a more mature tourism and ideal for the 50 to 80 age group.
- You start many of the walks from the hotel lobby.
Day 1: Arrival at Malaga airport. We will meet and greet you at Malaga airport and transfer you by car or minibus to your hotel in Frigiliana. Transfer takes 1 hour.
Day 2: We will organise a guided tour of Nerja and Frigiliana. This usually takes a couple of hours in the morning and the rest of the day is free.
Day 3: We will meet at the hotel reception at 0930 and begin our walk from there. We hike to the Cruz de Pinto (400 meters height) for a light lunch break and Cerro Felix (500 meters height) for another light lunch break, before returning to Frigiliana for a cold beer and then take a bus back to Nerja. Distance covered is 10 kilometres and accumulate height gained is 500 meters. We will be out for about 6 hours.
Day 4: We meet at the hotel reception for 0930 and then transfer to Cuatro Caminos for a lovely gentle walk in the Acebuchal valley where our destination is The Hidden Village. Here we stop for a delicious lunch for an huor before finishing off our walk back at the start. Its a lovely easy circuit of about 10 kilometrs with very little uphill. 100 meters ascent and 10 kilometers on easy forest roads and gentle trails.
Day 5: Free Day. Optional Tour of Malaga City available at €30 per person. We take the bus to Malaga in the morning and have optional visits to The Cathedral (€5), The Castle (€2), The Carmen Thyssen Museum (€6) and have a traditional Malguena lunch at Papyayos Cafe.
We then have a few hours free for shopping etc.
We return by bus in the early evening.
Day 6: We meet at the hotel reception for 0930 and take a bus to Maro to begin our walk from The Caves of Nerja. This is a 16 kilometer trek using the long distance route GR249. Its a great cross country trek of about 6 hours where we finish in Frigiliana. Accumulated height gained is roughly 700 meters over the day.
Day 7: We meet at the reception for 0930 and depart by bus to The Maro Cliffs National Park. We have a nice hike there with a lunch stop at the La Barraca Cafe. This is an short hike of about 8 kilometers and altitude of around 220 meters. Spectacular views along the coastline. Roughly 4 hours hiking in all.
Day 8: after check out you will be transferred back to the airport to meet your flights.