If you're planning to visit this very beautiful area of Southern Spain, a whole host of accommodation options are available to you, from hotels and hostels of varying degrees of luxury, to bed and breakfasts, or self catering houses and apartments. All of these, you will need to check out in detail, either on the internet if they have a website, or in person before you check in. The reason for this is that the Spanish rating system and the way in which accommodation is described does not always give you the best indication of what is on offer. For example a simple B&B may have more comfortable and better fitted and decorated rooms than a two or three star hotel. It pays to try before you buy!
Which of the above accommodation types suits you best will obviously depend on personal taste and budget, but also on how you are actually travelling.
Nowadays it is easily possible to drive the entire length of the Alpujarras in well under two hours; even making allowances for stopping off to admire the views. So if you have a hire car, then booking a hotel or renting a house in any of the Alpujarran villages or towns such as Valor, Ugijar, Yegen, Mecina Bombaron or Cadiar would provide you with a good touring base to easily visit all the sights of the area (even as far afield as Granada and the Alhambra Palace).
On the other hand, for back packers and cyclists, more careful planning of routes and distances will be required. However, even in this case, with regular and generally reliable buses along the main route through the Alpujarras, backpackers should easily be able to reach their chosen destination should the planning go awry.
By carefully searching the internet it should be easily possible to piece together suitably placed cheap hotels along your walking route, but another good idea is to contact the chosen accommodation at your starting point and ask for suggestions and advice for the remainder of the route from them.
I would also recommend that walkers and backpackers search out accommodation run by like-minded proprietors. They will in most cases be only too willing to help fellow walking enthusiasts with route planning, logistics and possibly travel.
On that note, one business we would definitely recommend is run by our good friends David and Jill Drummie of Los Arcos.
http://www.losarcosholidays.com/
In addition to full guided walking holidays they also offer a B&B service from their fabulously restored property in the church square of Valor. They of course, have an in-depth knowledge of the area and its many walking possibilities, which should help you to get the most out of your walking holiday.
Hopefully, it won’t be too long now before we ourselves make our permanent move to Valor, and can offer our own bed and breakfast service. Until then, we hope this article has helped a little in planning your visit to Southern Spain, and if you already have your own favourite recommendations for accommodation in the Alpujarras, please post a comment below. We’d love to here from you.
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