Axarquia walk
walking Spain hike hiking
Walk! Axarquia with Charles Davis
also see
La Axarquia - History and Traditions
ISBN
1-904946-08-9 160 pages, full colour, 40K mapping. £11.99
New 2nd edition + Tour & Trail Map due to be
published 20 September 2010.
GPS navigation files now available for
Axarquia - see PNFs
Walk! Axarquia Specification &
Contents
New 2nd edition Walk! the
Axarquia and Axarquia Tour & Trail Map scheduled for publication 20 September
2010
Walk! Axarquia 2nd edition is
expected to grow to 176 pages due to the increased mapping, access information,
altitude profiles etc. and will be available (fingers crossed) on 20 September
2010 at £12.99 - for those of you with the first edition we will be offering you
an upgrade to the new book for just £6.00.
Axarquia Tour & Trail Map will be a double sided 40k scale map to our latest
specifications and printed on a top quality map paper also available on 20
September 2010 for £5.99.
If the words Costa del Sol
conjure up images of long, featureless beaches occupied by
regimented rows of sun loungers while across the road are the
Costa del Concrete apartment blocks, then we have an escape for
you. Previously, you would have had a two hour drive to the
Alpujarras for our nearest walking destination. Now a short drive
inland and you can be in the Axarquia region, ones of
Spains wild places preserved from the clutches of property
developers. Its a region of historic white villages and
towns scattered amongst dramatic hills and mountains, and blessed
with a kind climate in which grape vines, mango trees and kiwi
fruits thrive alongside ancient olive and almond groves.
Previously little known even to local residents, and actually
unknown to us until Charles suggested the region, there has been
very little published in English for the region of Axarquia -
until now. Charles and Jeanettes prodigious capacity
for walking research has produced a whole range of routes
covering the best walking in the region, including routes in the
Parque Natural nature reserves of Sierra de Almijara and Sierra
de Tejeda.
Walking itineraries have been chosen with
hire cars in mind as there is little public transport.
Charles Davis skilful writing provides the essential
background along with inspirational fully detailed walk
descriptions that will take you back to a time when the world was
young - only minutes from that Costa del Concrete by car but
aeons away in the mind.
Not so high energy as Andorra, but a bit more so than Sierra de
Aracena; if you are looking for something wild and new, but close
to resort civilisation, then Walk! Axarquia could be for you; the
most difficult part is saying it and spelling it!
Walk! Axarquia Specification &
Contents
Walk! Axarquia isbn 1-904946-08-9 £11.99