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Spain
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Granada
Comarca de la Alpujarra Granadina
La Taha

Path from Pitres to Mecina – Ferreirola loop from La Taha

Moderate

4.7

(30)

94

hikers

Path from Pitres to Mecina – Ferreirola loop from La Taha

03:08

9.65km

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: May 16, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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111 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

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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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3

2.02 km

Fuente Agrilla

Highlight • Natural Monument

4

2.73 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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3.00 km

Ferreirola

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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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7

5.88 km

Busquístar

Highlight • Settlement

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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8

7.87 km

Atalbéitar Fountain

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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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9.65 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.80 km

1.78 km

1.70 km

1.53 km

1.40 km

453 m

Surfaces

4.21 km

2.38 km

1.19 km

983 m

884 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (1,240 m)

Lowest point (930 m)

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Monday 25 May

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