우기하르 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Good views of the valley and the change of vegetation in the low mount.

Royal ditch that irrigates the balanced crops of Júbar and Mairena. This ditch is inherited from Al-Andalus and follows the operation of the irrigation and care ditch of Sierra Nevada, an extensive system of regulation of the hydrological cycle and that allows the existence of corridors of vegetation that increase the diversity of the Sierra.

This is the furthest point of the circular route of the Acequia Real de Mairena, from where the return is undertaken by a different path than the one that came. The Castaño de Laroles path also converges at this point, which does continue to climb a little further along the ditch.

Although its name derives from the Latin word for laurel, it is the chestnut trees that enjoy the greatest prominence, as in other towns in the area. Here it is said that the chestnut was used for a long time as a currency. The town is distributed in the form of a fan around its three squares.

Mairena is considered the "Balcón de La Alpujarra", because from the viewpoint of its hermitage you can enjoy privileged views over the set of the valley of Ugíjar, the Cerrajón de Murtas and the Almeria Sierra de Gador. It is also one of the whitest and best-kept villages in the surrounding area, in whose urban complex the silhouette of its church stands out.

In Nechite they attach great importance to their chestnut trees, common in the area for centuries. Some specimens are more than four hundred years old.

Small town with a simple church and good views of the valley.

Local path of Válor that rises high enough to allow us to contemplate the ravine that the Válor River has formed in the southern foothills of Sierra Nevada. After the scrubland vegetation, the path passes by numerous old chestnut trees that give the route its name.