Maybe the Viña y Rosales guest house with its red roof is different because saddle roofs in this part of the Alpujarras valley are not very much around. Except for the church, the roofs of houses here are flat and covered with 'launa', a blueish grey clay, that "closes" if wet and "breathes" when dry. The house with the red tiled roof was named as such years ago because it was visible at quite a distance from the village of Mairena.

Having an old vine and even older rose tree, it is named casa rural Viña y Rosales. An Andalusian guest house with remarkable architecture, agreeable atmosphere and the richness of history. With a garden having her own spring, makes it a wonderful comfortable and exclusive bed and breakfast accommodation or B&B holiday lodging when on vacation, or travel past this scenic mountain village of Mairena in the beautiful valley of the Alpujarras.

Mairena is one of these villages where time ceases to exist. Where harvests and firewood are still hauled by a donkey. Where the shepherd with sheep and goats pass through the village. Where whitewashed houses seem organically formed. Where colourful flower pots and bougainvilleas hang down the facades and balconies. Where, except for a small bar and some shops, there is nothing more than tranquility, wonderful fresh air and plenty of wild nature. A very splendid environment for a memorable rural holiday.

Las Alpujarras is a valley which stretches from west to east on the southern slope of the Sierra Nevada. White villages are seperated by regular distances of five to ten kilometres, at an average height of one thousand meters above sea level. Around the villages there is small scale agriculture. This gives the area an unique mixture of agricultural developed landscape, within unspoiled nature. There is always water, running down via an ingenious system of water canals dating from Moorish times.

There are many superb walking tracks most suitable for trekking - including the grande randonee E4 / GR7 ( for more information - click here ) and the SULAYR route, circumferencing the Sierra Nevada. Wonderful walks are also to be made near the village of Mairena, in the council of Nevada. Over the last seven years eco rural / ecotourism or agriturismo / agroturismo has become more popular in the Alpujarras. The diversity of nature in the greater region of the Siera Nevada has no equivalence compared to the whole of Europe!

 

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Or you may telephone us (Maryet or Raúl) for more information: (00.34) 958.760177

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