The 3 Peaks Challenge in Spain

The Sierra Nevada range is worth packing your boots for an exciting and insightful journey to the top of Spain. Our guide, Jaime, was excellent; friendly, helpful and attentive. Our group was great and easily gelled. The final day in Granada to celebrate was a terrific way to end the trip. Good experience, definitely worth the journey to southern Spain!

A really excellent trip with so much packed into only five nights!

The Sierra Nevada was a fascinating and different place to hike and it was great to reach the summit of Mulhacen, the highest peak in mainland Spain. The group all got on really well and our guide was fantastic.

Granada was a great place to unwind and explore after the mountains too!

This was a fantastic trip. Jamie's local knowledge and hospitality was beyond what you would expect of a guide. The walks were of good length and taking in some beautiful scenery. Couldn't recommend this trip enough!

This trip was a brilliant action-packed few days, extremely well organised and well led by Jaime who was fun, energetic, kind and very knowledgeable. It was a big challenge for me and was hard work, especially at altitude and sometimes freezing temperatures, but the views at the top and sense of achievement was well worth it! It was great to also wander around Granada at the end. I thoroughly recommend it!

Brilliant MBA trip. Guide Jamie was fantastic, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Challenging walks but doable. Mountain lodge was comfortable, sitting in a group having a drink was a nice end to the day. Lovely last day to explore Granada too.

Highly recommend this trip - the guide was amazing and had everything sorted to perfection. Never had such a great trip, amazing walks and lots of fun and laughter.

Challenging trip but that's exactly what I wanted! Jamie was a very knowledgeable and fun guide and the whole group had a fab time. Everything was organised very well and I didn't have to worry about anything. Transfers, packed lunches and 3-course dinners were definitely a bonus! :) Oh and hot showers! As not always available in mountain huts ;)

Amazing trip, great bunch of people and really enjoyed the challenge and duration of the hikes. Jaime was a fantastic guide and went above and beyond what I would normally expect from an organised tour.

An amazing few days in the mountains with a wonderful group of people and a guide, Jaime, who exceeded our expectations in every way. I can honestly say there is nothing I would change on the trip.

An epic adventure in the Sierra Nevada with a fantastic group of people, mind blowing views, dizzying highs, beautiful flora and fauna. So many highlights but the stand out one had to be our guide Jamie. Absolute legend of a guy with amazing knowledge of the local area. Jamie went above and beyond to make this an unforgettable experience. Muchas gracias Jamie, vamos que no vamo! Dave

It was such a great trip! Our guide, Jaime, was incredible - he was kind, caring, thoughtful and so knowledgable of the mountains, environment and wildlife. He always made sure we had enough water, were feeling okay and on the super tricky terrain he made sure we felt safe. 100% recommend.

What a trip! Between lunar landscape and magic lagoon every hike was special and different. And thanks to the guide, Jaime, you'll never stop learning about those beautiful mountains, their flora and their fauna. It was a challenging experience but in the best way!

This trip was awesome! Having never been on a trip like this before, and travelling on my own, I was a bit nervous before arriving, but our group got on so well right from the start. Out guide Jaime really looked after us, making sure that no-one was struggling with the pace during the hikes but also making sure that those at the front of the group still had a challenge! He was clearly passionate about nature and the outdoors and was always pointing out interesting plants and animals while we were walking. We were really spoilt when it came to food all week, with 4 courses for dinner at the refuge! The restaurants we went to were all great and the evening in Granada at a restaurant overlooking the city was a perfect ending to an amazing few days in the Sierra Nevada. Take me back please!!

Thank you so much to Much Better Adventures and Jaime our local guide for an epic 4 days hiking in Sierra Nevada! The hiking was the right level - challenging but doable. Jaime was really supportive on any difficult parts which made such a difference. He set a great tone for the trip and we’re so appreciative of that - it made it an amazing holiday. The scenery was beautiful and we were surprised how often we had the mountains to ourselves. The food at the refuge and other hotels was excellent and we had a lot of fun with the rest of our group. We’re already at looking for our next MBA trip in 2023! From Jemima and Tash

Had a brilliant time up in the mountains,tough hikes,beautiful scenery, plenty of good food,a nice group with a bit of craic,and a brilliant guide in Jaime,fun times.

Thank you MBA for a fantastic trip! Jaime is a very capable and personable guide and looked after the group well. There were only five of us plus Jaime, so it was quite a relaxed atmosphere, and we enjoyed having a drink and playing cards together at the refuge. The scenery was fantastic, especially lower down as the mountain summits are quite stark, and I enjoyed seeing the mountain goats and little birds such as redstarts and wheatears.

The walks up the mountains were demanding, with about 1,000 m of ascent each day, but not technical, and there was only one vertigo-inducing part on La Veleta where we needed to hold onto a chain, and Jaime was able to help me with that part.

The only complaint I had was having to take a full bag up to the refuge- with the extra weight, I found it harder than climbing the summits. The options for vegetarians and vegans were also limited, but I find that's often the case in Spain.

Overall, it's a great trip. If you're thinking of doing it, my recommendations are- pack as light as possible, take suncream and lip balm, and stay on an extra night or two in Granada.

This is a great and highly recommended trip for anyone that likes a do-able challenge. The hiking was tough at times, but anyone with a good level of fitness should be able to do it. I think the categorisation of 'challenging' is about right.

The landscape and scenery were absolutely stunning, and the weather was clear blue skies every day. Loved the time spent in the refuge, and the guys there prepared a different meal for me as I'm vegetarian. Jaime, our guide was a really good guy. A great mixture of relaxed, yet responsible, knowledgeable and intelligent but also liked to have the craic. Lots of laughs...😀 Always felt on his wavelength and never felt like we were just another bunch passing through.

The vegan / vegetarian options are very limited outside of the refuge - but this is more of a present time cultural thing. I think the trip offers great value for money and the hotels we stayed in were of a really good standard. Not sure if I would have preferred to go straight from the mountains back home to keep the chilled vibe... That said, Granada was really nice too - as was the last meal in a beautiful restaurant overlooking the city.

Had a great bunch of travelling companions with whom I felt very relaxed and comfortable.

These trips always remind me how people across different cultures, times and language are essentially all the same. Even the smallest nuances of worldview, humour, insecurities, hopes and fears etc, we all share... Loved it.

Fantastic trip, Jaime was a great guide, giving us lots of local knowledge and ensuring we gained the most from the experience. A beautiful part of the world I would not have otherwise visited and the opportunity to climb the tallest mountain in Spain!

Superb trip! Jaime was a great guide, very friendly and a wealth of local knowledge.

Great trip, would recommend. Jaime the guide was fab, knowledgeable and organised. I'll definitely use MBA again.

I personally enjoyed the company of my guide & my newly made friends we had fun playing cards in the downtime & motivated each other in the hard times. Summits are well worth it & the accommodation was good. I’m a bit picky with food but always enjoyed the breakfast. Theres also some food you can buy at the refugee if needed 🍕. MBA is a company I always enjoy travelling with & the people I meet are great.

A great few days, our guide Jaime was excellent, and the summits provided spectacular views. The pace was enjoyable with plenty of time to relax in the evenings, and there were some great detours to little rivers and traverses to keep things interesting! Would definitely recommend this trip, the final night in Grenada was a nice touch to give the legs a break before heading back to Malaga.

This was an amazing four days of pretty hard trekking, amazing part of the world with some great scenery.guides where fab and logistics where easy.

Fabulous trip, first MBA one we've done together, love the way time is maximised, no moment wasted. Excellent local mountain guide! Highlight was summitting Mulhacen but more generally the group was a pleasure to meet as well. Being an experienced trekker I thought it was border-line moderate/challenging rather than challenging - not technical and minimal scrambling. We'll be joining more MBA trips in future

Fantastic trip with excellent guides Victoria and Jaime who looked after us very well. Fun group of fellow travellers and we felt a great sense of achievement at the end of each day’s hike. Lovely hotels on the first and last night and the refuge in the mountains was a fun experience for me.

What a trip! The experience of being in the Sierra Nevada range is one I’ll never forget The guides were superb and great fun The trek was challenging but so rewarding Hitting that 3rd peak felt such an accomplishment And Granada is a stunning place to end

This was a fantastic trip! The guides were exceptional, very professional and most importantly, great fun. The scenery was spectacular and summiting the 3 peaks felt a rewarding challenge every day, I would highly recommend it!

This was an excellent, and well organised trip. The guides (Victoria and Jaime) were very knowledgeable, friendly, and knew the mountain range really well. The mountain views are stunning, and each day ends with drinks and food on the terrace of the mountain refuge.

The Sierra Nevada mountains are stunning. The guides Victoria and Jaime were fantastic. The hiking was challenging but great fun. Would strongly recommend this trip.

My first hiking trip couldn’t have been better. Incredible scenery, insightful & passionate guides and a real sense of achievement from completing this challenge in Sierra Nevada.