Path from Pitres to Mecina – Ferreirola loop from La Taha

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Path from Pitres to Mecina – Ferreirola loop from La Taha

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Path from Pitres to Mecina – Ferreirola loop from La Taha

03:08

9.69km

430m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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112 m

Puerto de Pitres

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Popular legend tells that a deputy campaigning for La Alpujarra asked the people of Pitres what they wanted for their town.

They asked for something impossible, perhaps out of distrust …

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354 m

Path from Pitres to Mecina

Highlight • Trail

This beautiful path surrounded by vegetation connects Pitres with Mecina and passes through the beautiful district of Capilerilla. If you do it from Pitres to Mecina, you will go down. …

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2.06 km

Acequia Morisca

Highlight • Monument

Nice piece of work by the Moors, which is still in use today. The Moors have built this ingenious irrigation system and you can see it at several places on the walk.

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3.04 km

Ferreirola

Highlight • Settlement

Another small, sleepy white village at the end of a street. Here start / end some hiking trails, probably one to a special source. Unfortunately, we did not have the time to go there.

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3.58 km

Era del Trance Threshing Floor with View of Pampaneira

Highlight • Viewpoint

5.93 km

Busquístar is part of the Sierra Nevada Natural Park, which extends the protection of the National Park by almost 89,000 more hectares. The town is surrounded by chestnut forests and crossed by the ever mighty Trevélez River.

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7.91 km

Atalbéitar Fountain

Highlight • Settlement

Beautiful white town, with a Moorish structure and no cars. A special place where a close international community of artists and musicians has formed who have created their own private paradise here.

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9.69 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.72 km

1.84 km

1.75 km

1.51 km

1.42 km

467 m

Surfaces

4.17 km

2.39 km

1.21 km

982 m

947 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,240 m)

Lowest point (930 m)

Weather

Sunday 18 October

16°C

9°C

76 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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Comments

April 4, 2026,🇪🇸 Camino a Ferreirola - Alte Dorfverbindungspfade zwischen den ursprünglichen Alpujarra-Dörfern 🤩

The Tahe de Pitres, a former Moorish administrative district, includes the villages of the Alpujarra between the Popueira and Trevélez valleys - an old, still vibrant cultural landscape with original villages.
We set off a little late so that the sun penetrates more into the gorge of the Rio Trevélez.
In Busquistar, we follow the "Camino a Ferreiola" (tour prepared …

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