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Sophie Russell-Ross
Founder of the GranadaSpain site, Sophie also runs a web design and writing business Bird on the Hill. She spent 7 years living in La Alpujarra, the Southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and is still a regular visitor to the area. In previous lives, she worked in events production and marketing in Hong Kong and London.
The GranadaSpain 9 Step Guide to a textbook #Alhambrafail

The GranadaSpain 9 Step Guide to a textbook #Alhambrafail

I consider myself to be not entirely an idiot. I am not completely useless when it comes to organising things. In a previous life, I used to get paid for organising quite complicated things, so you might imagine that I could easily get my head around the intricacies...

Bright winter days on the Costa Tropical ~ Playa Cotobro

Bright winter days on the Costa Tropical ~ Playa Cotobro

Living where we do high in La Alpujarra we are lucky enough to have a good view of what the weather is doing on the coast. This is particularly handy in the winter when a trip to the beach to catch a bit of sun and warm up our cold bones is very welcome. As the...

Alpujarran Winter

Alpujarran Winter

La Alpujarra, the rolling southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada, is an area of outstanding beauty all the year round, but when the leaves finally turn in the late autumn the hillsides are golden. Sometime during the Christmas break the leaves finally fall and the...

Dipping into the GR7

Dipping into the GR7

It's late summer in La Alpujarra. The kids are back to school. The overwhelming heat of July and August has passed but the sun still shines daily on the southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The conditions are perfect for walking. Looking out over Sierra Lujar from...

Take your kids to the Alhambra!

Take your kids to the Alhambra!

No blog post or web page can do justice to the brilliance of the Alhambra. Truly seeing is believing. And I am converted. I have lived in the vicinity of Granada for four years and have always been, until today, ashamed to say that I had not been to the Alhambra. I...

Springtime in La Alpujarra

Springtime in La Alpujarra

The winter, while mild, has been long and the spring has been wet. The glorious result is that the campo has exploded with colour. If you can make it to La Alpujarra in springtime then you will be seeing it at its most beautiful. Here are some images from the...

Latest on BA Flights from London to Granada

BA have suspended all direct flights from Granada to London.

From July 25 the company will reinstate direct flights from London to Granada.

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