In the footsteps of Virginia Woolf in Southern Spain

SUMMARY

Dates: Friday Sept 22nd to Thursday Sept 28th

Guide: Encarna Castillo our local english speaking spanish guide.

Encarna has a passion for Virginia Woolf and will lead us on a journey to discover a walking holiday which Virginia Woolf did herself. In 1923 she visited Granada and then on to a small village Yegen in the Alpujarra in southern Spain. Join us to find out more!

We have a holiday from Sept 29th in Capillera another white village in the area so if you would like to make a two week holiday in Andalucia please let us know and we can arrange a discount.

Walking Grade: 2 Goats

Base: Friday 22nd Sept and Saturday 23rd Sept – 2 nights at the Monjas del Carmen Hotel in the centre of Granada. We also have rooms at the sister hotel next door.

From Sunday we travel by local bus to the village of Yegen and stay 4 nights at El Rincón de Yegen – very typical, simple local accommodation in this small village.

Getting there: Best is to fly to and from Granada but direct flights are minimal. We will do a group transfer from Malaga as flights are more frequent and cheaper.

Arrival: Malaga Airport arriving latest 14.00 for a 15.00 group transfer.  There is a new train service direct from Malaga to Granada that takes approx 1hr 20 and we will aim for the 15.32 train on Friday 22md September.

Departure : At 10am on Thursday 28th so plan for flights after 14.00.

We can recommend a stay in Malaga to make it a two city break.

If you do want to extend your stay and visit other places in Andalucia we can help.

Price:£996 to include :

• Ensuite room for solo occupancy  – 2 nights in Granada
• Ensuite room for solo occupancy – 4 nights in Yegen
• All breakfasts
• All Lunches in Yegen – packed lunches for walking
• All evening meals
• English speaking guiding
• Local transport for walks and tours
• Group Airport transfers for arrival and departures

If you bring a partner or friend and share a room there is a discount of £100 per person.
Total price per person £896

Not included:

• Travel to Granada
• Lunches in Granada
• Additional drinks
• Visit to the Alahambra – general ticket is 19 euro

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DETAILS

We have a love of Andalucia and especially the more undiscovered parts away from all the coastal tourists. The Alpujarras are known for the ancient white villages clinging to the hills with trails between them that people have walked for centuries.

What might not be so well known is that this was an area that the spirit of Bloomsbury blossomed. Gerald Brenan was part of the Bloomsbury set who discovered the lost hamlet of Yegen in the Alpujarra and lived there for many years. He was considered the most outstanding Hispanist of the last century for his works like The Spanish Labyrinth, The Face of Spain or South from Granada.

He had visitors from London and Dora Carrington, Lytton Strachey and on April 3, 1923, the Woolf couple, Virginia and Leonard, arrived at the tiny  hamlet. They stayed some fifteen days. Brenan knew them from London, where Virginia had already started to excel as an extravagant and Romantic figure. The Woolfs wanted to know Brenan more in-depth and they walked and talked and got to know each other and the area.

We walk in Virginia Woolfs footsteps and experience what she experienced all guided by our experience local guide Encarna.

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