It was a rainy day in February in Nerja, so we decided to go and see the snow in the mountains, we usually go up the Trevelez road but as we got to the turn off for Lanjaron we saw that the motorway to Granada now starts just past Lanjaron so the journey  to Sierra Nevada is now slightly shorter.

As you approach Granada simply follow the signs for sierra Nevada.

There was a warning sign on the motorway in Granada that snow chains were obligatory fro km23 wherever that is oops, well we would go anyway and see what happens. We stopped for coffee at what looked like a small restaurant behind a service station on the left as you leave the tunnels and were pleasantly surprised to find the restaurant was a huge place with the heating on!

Anyway off we went again, climbing, climbing up and up. I guess  the village is about 1000 meters higher than Granada. On the way we saw lots of cars coming the other way covered in snow.

Km 23 is the information centre (about 4km from the resort) and cars were coming down the hill some with snow chains still fitted, although there was not any snow on the road. We got into the village without any problems even though there were ice warnings and snow poles and it was definitely a lot colder. You really have to park in the underground car park which is huge and seemed full of English plated cars.

As we walked out into the freezing cold village it started to snow and there were children building snowmen.

The queues to the chair lifts were huge and we could see people snow boarding and skiing.

We were not really prepared for how cold it was, so decided to grab a bite to eat, but everywhere people where queuing to get into restaurants.

February is supposed to be the best month for snow here and there certainly seemed to be a lot.

On the way back down to Granada we stopped and took some pics of a lake in a Valley and called in a bar for Coffee and Tapas. The weather in Granada was lovely and sunny but by the time we got back to Nerja it was raining again. Aah well

Time to get there, under two hours with the new section of Motorway