This is an excellent area
for people who enjoy walking and wildlife
abounds, with mountain goats and a host of
birds of prey including Golden Eagles inhabiting
the higher Sierras. The crisp clear air of
the mountains and the ever changing vistas
forms the dramatic backcloth of La Maroma
with rolling hills down to the sea. There
are many interesting walks around the village
varying from easy to very difficult to suit
your preference. Most of the tracks (carrils)
are passable by ordinary car but some, particularly
in the national park area need four wheel
drive to stand any chance.
The National Park is a walkers paradise. Wild
Goats, Cattle, Ibex, Eagles and Wild Boar are
indigenous to the area. Fishing and sailing
are available at Vinuela on the lake and two
golf courses are being constructed there. A
municipal swimming pool and tennis court is
also being constructed and is nearing completion.
Finding your way to the Sedella area is
not easy and it is strongly recommended that
you have a good route map before attempting
it. We will provide you with a route free
of charge and other details that may be useful.
Please click on the Enquiry link and enter
your requirements.
Prior to the 1950s there were no facilities for clothes washing in the village, indeed there was only a 6 volt electricity supply so washing machines were certainly not available. The ladies had to walk about 1 kilometre down a rough track to the Puente Romano (Roman Bridge). Later the council then had a wash house built which is still located at the entrance to the village next to the Chirinquito bar. This has been recently renovated with murals depicting the scene at the Roman Bridge.
The walk to the Puente Romano is clearly marked at its start at the eastern end of the village. The track was recorded in Roman times and continued in used until the 1960s as the main route to Salares and to travel over the mountains to Granada Province. The English writer, Gerald Brennan, in his book “South of Granada” published after the First World War, writes of staying in Sedella for one night on his walk from Malaga to Granada. The walk to the bridge is short but beautiful, oleanders are in abundance in the summer. The tranquillity of the area around the bridge takes you back to a time when life was slower, more peaceful but very certainly harder.
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