Mulhacen peak

Hiking in the High Alpujarras

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August 3rd 2015
After a lovely relaxing, if hot, week with my parents in Calahonda on the Costa Del Sol, we hired a car and headed up to the High Alpujarras of the Sierra Nevada National Park. These seven small white towns were the last stronghold of the Moors in the 15thcentury and the houses in the villages are still in Berber style. We stayed in Capileira, the highest of the three in the Poqueira Ge ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more