Driving Instructions
From Talara head for the Motorway and take the Granada route. Follow the A44 towards Granada exiting at junction 132 signposted Sierra Nevada. Take the Ronda sur for 1 km coming off at second exit “La Zubia/ Monachil”. At the roundabout take second exit “Monachil” follow the road straight forward at the next roundabout. At the traffic lights go straight ahead into to Monachil. (Don't be confused into thinking that this is the Monachil where the walk goes from). Continue up the road taking the main left hand fork around the bends and up the hill, leave Monachil. Straight forward at the traffic lights and follow the road down into Monachil. (this is Spain). Cross the river and turn right, follow the road up the side of the river until it turns to the left and starts to rise steeply, ( this is a stage in the tour of Spain cycle race). Follow the road up for about 1km or until you come a car park on your right with a metal sculpture. Park here.

Walk directions
From the car park head down the road for 50 meters then turn left by the sign board onto the gravel track. Follow this track for about 1 km until you come to a new house that looks like it should be a café.(When you return you will wish it was a café). Turn right in front of the house onto the footpath. At the sign board keep forward following the Acequias. Don't go down to the swing bridge that leads to the path coming up the valley, but follow the path next to the acequias and across the first swing bridge, the path goes down some steps and then up and turns back to follow the river up to another bridge. If you have had enough you can turn left here and return on the side of the gorge back to the car park. (but the best is still to come). If you are sticking with the walk turn right and cross the third bridge. At the far side follow the path by the side of the river. Depending upon your suppleness and nerve you may need to shuffle on your bum at 3 points where the rocks overhang, (the path at these points is well polished). The path continues to follow the river and into a short tunnel (Indiana Jones and the temple of doom comes to mind). When the gorge opens up some well placed rocks provide an ideal stopping point for a break. The path continues by the side of the river to another bridge.(only cross the bridge if you want the shorter return) Once again if you want to return to the car park, cross the bridge and follow the track uphill back in the general direction you have come, until you come to sign post. Turn left here the path is marked by some red paint but is not shown on the sign (pick up the instruction for the return on the next page).
If you want the longer and pleasanter path don't cross the bridge but continue on the footpath that follows the river and gently rises away from it. Continue for about 1 km until you come to a signpost. Here turn left back to the river and cross via a small bridge and follow the path that rises away from the river. At the top, go through a gate in the rocks (Please shut it as it stops the draft down in Granada) This side of the rocks presents a very different landscape from the one you have just been walking in. very dry and rocky but with wonderful views down into the gorge.
Continue following the path until it comes to the track rising from the river. Take the path straight forward marked with the red paint and towards what looks an abandoned farm.
The path picks it way across the hill side passing under the old farm. It appears some one does live and keep his goats here.
At the top of the ridge you get wonderful views back to the car park and Granada. Follow the path down, you are heading for the 2 stone circles positioned atop of the river gorge. The circles are called Eras and were used for threshing the corn by tossing it in the air and letting the wind carry the chaff away.
From here pick up the path going down hill, at the bottom turn right on the path you came in on, and past the ideally placed café we can all see the potential of. When you get back to the main road there is a Bar about 50 meters down the road that serves excellent tapa.