Cortijo Opazo

Links to help you plan your self catering holiday holiday in the Alpujarras, Granada, Andalucia, southern Spain

Mountain sunset from Cortijo
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Some useful links:

Malaga airport Granada airport Almeria airport

Car Hire - although we haven't rented a car ourselves in Spain for many years, some of our guests have used the following companies:

Carjet - an agency who finds you the cheapest local car hire

Helle Hollis

Crown Car Hire

Holiday Autos

Malaga Car Hire

Car Hire at Malaga Airport

Bus travel - this is a feasible option if you are prepared to be flexible. There are three buses a day that pass us from Granada and Orgiva. The company that runs this efficient service is called ALSA

Weather - We regularly consult the state run weather forecast service that give a 7 day forecast for our local village of Pórtugos, AEMet

For more general information about weather consult the relevant pages of Andalucia.com

Tourist information - for general information about Andalucia consult Andalucia.com, for information about Granada the site Granadainfo is useful - they can give you links to hotels in Granada should you need one. For organised activities in the Alpujarras try Nevadensis, based in Pampaneira.

For horse riding try Dallas Love . Bike hire is available thorugh Alpujarra Experience.

Birdwatching tours can be arranged through Birdwatch Alpujarra. They have a very good knowledge of the area and how to access some remote spots.

Cortijo Opazo at Youtube

For a flavour of some of the locals events and activities that have taken place in the area see: Alpujarrahoy

 

Other holiday ideas:

Luxury camping, Andalucia, in a yurt, see: Green Mountain Yurt

For trekking holidays in Morocco, see Atlas Trek Shop

For trekking holidays in Nepal see:Langtang Valley Trek

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View of generalife

What an incredible place to stay - the views, the walking and of course the welcome hospitality from Robert and William. At the end of our 11 days stay the weather has been perfect and we loved the cortijo and the garden. Thank you for a relaxing and most enjoyable holiday.

Liz and Andy, Herts. UK

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Afiliated site: Jardín de la Alpujarra

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