What to do

El Torcal – a walk you will never forget!

If you wish to experience the very best mountain walks with breathtaking views and amazing scenery, but without long, tiring uphill trecking for hours and hours, then pack a picnic and experience El Torcal!

Walking trees in Velez!

At each end of a small tree-lined walkway near the town centre of Velez-Malaga, known as the Paseo de Andalucía, are what we generally call the “Walking trees” and they are certainly worth a look.

Lake Viñuela – a beautiful place to walk, cycle or barbeque

Just ten minutes’ drive North of Escuela La Crujia is the most magnificent and beautiful man-made reservoir known as La Viñuela. It provinces water for the whole area and often for Malaga city and is essential for our existence here. But it is also a most beautiful place to visit.

Day trip: Nerja caves, Frigiliana and the lost village of Acebuchal

Visit the world famous caves, following by a stroll through the picturesque nearby village of Frigiliana, maybe a spot of lunch, and on to a lost mountain village full of surprises!

Day trip, walking and swimming: La Alcaicería, Los Ventorros and El Pato Loco

If you wish to combine nature and a leisurely walk through beautiful countryside in the shade of a canopy of poplar trees along a river bank, followed by lunch, and a cool splash and a sun bathe, this is a great day trip to make from Escuela La Crujia

Day trip to Lake Bermejales returning via Almuñecar

This is a day trip for lovers of beautiful, unspoilt and spectacular countryside, devised to offer you a taster of real, natural Spain in a round trip that you will not forget!

Day trip to Alhama de Granada

This lovely town is totally trapped in time! It still has very old fashioned little shops and lovely, crumbling buildings that look more central European than Southern Spanish! Perched precariously on steep, deep ‘tajo’ (gorge), this is a most ‘visitable’, picturesque town, frequented by walking groups and curious tourists and well worth a day trip.