El PMD opens registration on Friday 13 for the seniors' route along the Camino Mozárabe on November 29

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The route covers the section from Alquife to Cogollos de Guadix, through Jérez del Marquesado and past the old Minas de Santa Constanza.

AlmeríaYa newsroom · Published on November 12, 2026 at 16:46

Paisaje pintado al estilo de Van Gogh con montañas, un pueblo blanco y el texto SENDERO CAMINO MOZÁRABE ALQUIFE-COGOLLOS DE GUADIX — Photo: Ayuntamiento de Almería

El Patronato Municipal de Deportes de Almería opens registration on Friday, November 13 for the next outing of its hiking programme for seniors, «Camino Mozárabe de Santiago. Alquife-Cogollos de Guadix», which will be on Sunday, November 29. The route covers the first part of the Alquife-Guadix stage, 22 kilometres, and ends in Cogollos de Guadix. It starts from the plaza de la iglesia de Alquife along the old Cañada Real, skirts a hill of mining waste, descends to the rambla de Lanteira and climbs to Jérez del Marquesado, where it passes by the iglesia de la Anunciación, from the 16th century. Then it descends to the arroyo Bernal, makes a steep climb next to the ruins of the Minas de Santa Constanza and continues among pines to the embalse de Cogollos de Guadix. The end is the iglesia de la Anunciación de Cogollos, with a Mudéjar tower and declared Bien de Interés Cultural.

Registration

From Friday, November 13, in the «PMD Almería» app, at ovpmd.aytoalmeria.es or at the PMD offices in the Palacio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (calle Santiago Martínez Cabrejas, 1), from 9:00 to 13:00. The full hiking programme for seniors is at almeriaciudad.es/pmd.

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