After Switzerland, Spain is Europe's most mountainous country. Andalusia's highest village Trevélez also happens to be Spain's second highest village. An excellent base for hiking the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada. An interesting tradition up here is the annual midnight trek to the top of Mt Mulhacen, the highest peak in mainland Spain. Through the night of August 4 every year, pilgrims from nearby villages climb this mountain in honour of the Virgin of the Snow, who is believed to have saved a priest's life in the nick of time while he was on his way to Granada from the Las Alpujjares. The pilgrims believe that every annual midnight trek will keep travellers safe for yet another year. Seems to have worked pretty great so far for Trevélez 🤩 Thank you @granadaturismo for this delightful drive into Andalusia's heights ❤ .
Song: September remembered ~ Johannes Linstead
