Xarquia a Issue 184 April 2 - April 16 2014 ROADBLOCK: Herd of Goats En Route to Wards Maroma Moun- Tain Near Sedella
1919 ll about the xarquia A Issue 184 www.theolivepress.esA April 2 - April 16 2014 ROADBLOCK: Herd of goats en route to wards Maroma moun- tain near Sedella Tolkien-shireWild soaring mountains, crystal brooks and elegant white- washed villages. Tom Powell is blown away by the stunning, varied Axarquia region en route to its ‘crown’ of Comares IPPING your feet in the cool Mediterranean, in a Nerja cove backed by a buzzing town with bars, restaurants, Dtapas and ice cream, is a wonderful experience. But the first sip of beer as you gaze out across the breath-taking Axar- quia landscape from the hill-top vil- lage of Comares - following an epic drive through mighty mountains and whitewashed pueblos – is simply Picture by Jon Clarke unbeatable. The Axarquia is best appreciated road, marveling at the mountains noise came from a stream trickling carnacion. lage, built on olive oil and wine pro- when you head inland from the specked with isolated white homes down from the mountains above The eye-catching fourteenth century duction, is the smallest municipality coast, and the transition from Ner- as if they had been sprinkled on the and the distant engine of a tractor. tower is the minaret of an earlier in the Axarquia. But make sure to ja’s tourist hum to tranquil moun- landscape like hundreds and thou- A street so narrow that obese tour- mosque, the clearest evidence of stop. tain beauty doesn’t take long. sands. ists could struggle to pass led to a Archez’s Moorish roots. The mazy streets are home to plump Within minutes of leaving the beach- My first stop was in Archez, nestled charming mini-plaza with geraniums Five kilometres further on sits old ladies snoozing in the morning es behind me in the morning sun, I in the foothills of the Sierra Almija- adorning houses and the quaint gleaming white Salares below the was ascending a winding mountain ra, and it set the bar high.
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