Directions to Finca La Maroma

From Malaga airport you follow the road towards Malaga city.

After 3km the right hand lane takes you onto the A7 towards Almeria / Mortil.

9km later the N331 Antquera splits from the A7 via the right-hand lane, but you continue in the middle or laft-hand lane on the A7.

A pproximately 35km later, at junction 272, you leave the A7 for Velez-Malaga. As you leave the motorway you will be on a large roundabout and the second exit will take you into the local shopping center, which is a good place to buy some groceries before coming here. (If you do you will eventually leave the shopping center at the opposite end. Turn left at the roundabout in front of the shopping center, continue under the motorway and turn left again at the next roundabout, then right at the next and you will be on your way again).

Otherwise the fourth exit from the roundabout, counting the entrance to the shopping center as one, will take you onto the road to Colmenar / Casabermeja / Alhama de Granada. You want to remain on this road, rather than follow the signs for Velez-Malaga, which lead into the town centre.

You will pass Velez-Malaga, Trapiche and two large petrol stations on your right and after 9.8km from where you left the motorway there is a sign pointing to the right "Canillas de Aceituno / Sedella / Salares". You follow this sign which takes you left after 300m and right after another 1.4km, then up the hillside for 7.5 kilometers to Canillas de Aceituno. You take the bypass at Canillas and continue on the only road towards Sedella.

3km after the last house of Canillas there is a sign "Bienvenidos a Sedella" and you still remain on the tarmac road here. 2.4km after this sign you finally be able to see Sedella and there is a sign pointing to the right "Los Valverdes/Rubite". You follow this sign and you will now be on one of the local dust tracks. This is where you ought to check the reading on your odometer.

After a few hundred metres the track takes you through a gap in the hillside and after 900m to a fork, where you bear left (There is a sign "Finca La Maroma" here). 1.3km from the start of the track you reach the next fork and this time you bear right. There is a "Finca La Maroma" sign here, too. The other track is marked "Pasa Arenas" etc.

Another 2.6km from this fork, 3.9km from the point where you left the tarmac road, there is a small house right by the left side of the track and another track leads to the right, a little up the hillside. This too is marked "Finca La Maroma". After 500m on this track you pass another track to the left and now approach a small farm, which seems to be in the middle of the road. In fact the track continues immediately to its left, dips down the hillside again and we are the first and only house after another 400m.

The trip takes 75 minutes from the airport. There is a shorter way to Velez-Malaga, but this is more difficult to explain and does not give you quite the same idea of the finca`s location. You will find a hand drawn map of the network of tracks in your apartment and with this you will be able to take the shortcut, which reduces the journey by 15 minutes.

It is advisable to go by the distances in the directions above rather than follow the signs. These sometimes get moved and it may take a while before we notice.