Trekking Diaries – Sierra Nevada (Why choose Sierra Nevada)

Sierra Nevada is mainly known in the winter because it’s big ski village (Pradollanos), the biggest in the surroundings meaning south of Spain (the biggest I’ve seen, although I’m not exactly very experience when comes to ski, on the contrary).

So why go to Sierra Nevada in the summer, for once is low season so there are less people in the mountain, the temperature in the mountain is very nice of around 20-27ºC at 2500m of altitude during daytime, its a very interesting with a good scenic view mountain, and above that, it has the third highest peak in Europe (after the Mont Blanc and Mt Etna) Mullacén with 3482m of altitude (impressive) and finally is always a good opportunity to get into the mountains again!
Although when comparing to others mountains in Spain like Picos da Europa, this last one wins due to its truly magical scenery, Sierra Nevada is still worth of a visit!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(Spain)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulhacén

And besides the mountain Granada is a beautifull city with an Unesco classified World Heritige Site, Alhambra that deserves a visit, the tickets are bought in the day you visit, but be carefull, altough 7000 people are allowed to visit the place each day, these 7000 tickets fly....Have to be there early to get tickets (rumour says around 4 a.m.).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra