The best destinations in Andalusia to travel without crossing with anyone: special proposals for lonely travelers

Traveling without stress, to places where you can hardly cross with someone, is not literal, but almost. There are corners in Andalusia that maintain their intimacy, which are not very frequented but are in areas that offer a great attraction. Mostly They are located in full nature, with dream landscapes that invite themselves to get lost in their fields or the streets of their white villages.

Here are some special proposals if you want to enjoy loneliness, to Achieve peace and tranquility During your trip. We have selected some destinations such as sample button, but in any corner of Andalusia you can find many more.

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In full Sierra de los Filabres In the province of Almería, belonging to the municipality of Serón, is the Mining Village of Menas. Here up to about 2,900 people came to work, many of them had to move every day crossing the mountain, now just anyone lives.

The town was active from the end of the 18th century until 1968. You can still observe multiple Important buildings From the time, some are completely restored although they have been destined for another use, such as the camping.

Access is free and free. There is a Six -kilometer marked path It allows to know the colony, from the English -style hermitage to the single pavilion, passing through the barracks or the same visitors, where the history of the place is explained. After its cessation, in 1968, there were numerous plundering, but it has been recovered as a tourist center with camping area and other environmental tourism facilities that have valued this singular place.

It also has a visiting center, a Geomineer Interpretation Center and a forest park formed by native trees and bushes. You can take advantage of your visit to climb to the high cale, where the largest astronomical observatory on the European continent is located at 2,168 meters high. In the area, you can stay in Candil inna small complex of rural accommodation based on ecological and sustainable tourism.

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Grenade

Lanteira and Aldeire

In the Marquesado del Zenete in the province of Granada, at 1,282 meters of altitude, Lanteira is located that is part of the Sierra Nevada Natural Parkand is located on its northern aspect. It was a place of Argentine farms since Roman times, mines that followed in uninterrupted production until the nineteenth century.

In its urban center we find the church of Santa María de la Andación, built on a Old Mosque in 1554inside, highlights the altarpiece of the main altar, polychrome wood, and the Mudejar artisan. It retains remains of its Fortaleza Castle and an almost intact Arab cistern.

It borders the municipalities of Valle del Zalabí, La Calahorra, Alquife, Válor, Alpujarra de la Sierra, Bérchules, Jérez del Marquesado and Aldeire. This last town treasures one of Lmost beautiful Castañaressurely planted during the Romanization of Spain and that has endured thanks to an exact plant balance. This route can be done at any time of the year, but it is in autumn when it presents its maximum splendor.

TO Aldeire We will arrive after passing from the road to the cinematographic Castillo de la Calahorra. The route, once in the town, consists of a simple, well -marked and short tour. Paradoxically, the first trees, the closest to Aldeire, are walnut, copies of cyclopean bearing that rise together to the channel of the benevolent river That accompanies this route. To stay in the area there are several rural houses and there is also the Host of Zenete.

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On the route of the White Peoples, of Andalusian Arab origin, which is followed by the road that communicates Gaucín with Ronda We find Benadalid. It is one of the towns with the lowest number of inhabitants in the province of Malaga.

Adjacent to the town, the traveler is surprised to find the archaeological remains of the Old Arab Castleperfectly preserved and converted its interior into recoleto cemetery. Growing day by day the tourist value of the municipality, both for its natural environment and for the plastic beauty of its urban planning, Benadalid also offers the traveler the possibility of better knowing the cultural features of these peoples.

One of Benadalid’s most charming corners, the Water Museum. This interpretation center of history is in An old laundry room which the neighbors call the ‘old pilancón’, and supplied from the Roman fountain that you will find on their right. You can stay at the Almejí estate which has a hotel and rural houses, a perfect location to disconnect.

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Huelva

Aldeas de Alonaster

They are currently 14 The villages that populate the municipality of Almonaster La Real in the province of Huelva. Each account its specific characteristics, many They have been depopulated getting to even extinguish. They mostly emerged from mining towns, which also disappeared when the activity ceased. The sidewalks, Gil Márquez, Arroyo, Acebuches, La Canaleja, etcafía or mine Concepción are some of the villages that you can visit.

The main nucleus, Almonaster La Real, is located in the center of the Natural Park of the Sierra de Aracena and Los Picos de Arocheone of the most important protected spaces of Andalusia and that occupies the entire north of the province with its pastures and small elevations covered, predominantly, of oak forests, cork oaks, chestnut trees and low mountain, where numerous streams attend, forming a landscape of extraordinary beauty and attractiveness.

Its urban center, declared a Cultural Interest (BIC), is a clear example of the architecture of the area and A core collected, clean and careful which is located at the foot of its castle and the church-mezquita of Our Lady of the Conception (also cataloged as BIC). In the same enclosure is the bullring, located inside the castle.