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Mission AdventureGranada

EKOMOTRIL wants to motivate your visit to our region, Motril & Gualchos Castell de Ferro, are located on the coast of Granada, south of Spain. We are granted with Sub-Tropical climate through the year. But most exciting, we are surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea and two mountain ranges, "Contraviesa" and south face of "Sierra Nevada" were the Alpujarras are located. We also find the Spanish highest pick Mulhacen" (3.500 mts).

From Castell de Ferro we suggest the opportunity to practice adventure sports all year round; Exiciting Mountain-Bike rides with breathtaking views; sea kayaking through our cristal clear rocky beaches; hiking and trailing; cross country snowshoe, crampons or skying; snorkle or scuba dive on the cliffy seasides; fishing or just relaxing on our clearwater coves enjoying fresh fish dinners.

If you are interested on adding some activity or short trails when visit the Alhambra and Albahicin in Granada. Or you may want to take advantage of the sea and snow opportunity that Granada offers and unfold the wonders hidden in the province... you might be interested consulting the blog hoping helps you know better our region.

The area of coast between Castell de Ferro and Torrenueva offers one of the steepest landscapes of the province of Granada, place that was used by the successive settlers t o install watchtowers. The traveller can start admiring the cliffs once he passes Castell de Ferro, if he has the chance to have a look from a boat or a Kayak the memory will last longer...

The fortress upon it played an important strategic role because of its location. It served as defence of the boulevards that surround it and that serve as natural access to the area of the Alpujarra, inhabited mainly by Moorish, as well as to watch the coast of the Granada Kingdom in case of disembarkation and attack of Turks or pirates, something quite normal from the XVI to the XVIII century. It was indeed at that time when it was safe to live at the coast and for that reason some inhabitants of Gualchos and other inner areas moved to join to the ten houses that were at the beach until that date.

Before you leave Castell trough the sea or by road view the fortress raised majestic over the town that it presides, with the beach of Castell underneath and, next, a coast that has no end, with the cities of Almeria as background. Please, see some pictures of our beaches.