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Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint – Mirador de Marchal loop from Purullena

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Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint – Mirador de Marchal loop from Purullena

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Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint – Mirador de Marchal loop from Purullena

02:01

7.15km

150m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 23, 2026

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1.03 km

Camino de Purullena Gorge

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After descending from the viewpoints, the path along the Camino initially leads through beautiful forest areas and a gorge worth seeing into Purullena.

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1.10 km

Trail through a ravine

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This track runs along the bottom of a ravine between the Almeria badlands. In many sections, on both sides of the route, enormous sandy walls rise.

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2.33 km

Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint

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Also known as wastelands, they are a type of landscape with arid characteristics and lithology rich in shale, extensively eroded by the wind.

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2.94 km

Viewpoint of the Badlands of Purullena

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This viewpoint has become an outstanding place to watch the sunrise and sunset.

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3.74 km

These are the famous viewpoints of Marchal, some impressive places with some ravines from cowboy movies in which the passage of time has been sculpting. It is worth visiting if you pass through Guadix

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3.77 km

Mirador de Marchal

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Worthwhile, easy hike, but with incredibly beautiful views

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3.86 km

Marchal Badlands (Cárcavas de Marchal)

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This clay massif of reddish and yellowish hues is formed from the movements of the Earth's plates, which caused the area to sink 25 million years ago. Erosion due to …

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3.94 km

Viewpoint of the Cárcavas de Marchal

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The Marchal gullies are a clayey massif, representative of a badland landscape, located in the Guadix basin, within the municipality of Marchal. It is characterized by the abundance of grooved formations as a result of water erosion.

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7.15 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.82 km

1.97 km

355 m

Surfaces

2.67 km

2.22 km

1.89 km

355 m

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Highest point (1,030 m)

Lowest point (930 m)

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Tuesday 26 May

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Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint – Mirador de Marchal loop from Purullena

Camino de Purullena Gorge

Trail through a ravine

Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint

Viewpoint of the Badlands of Purullena

Marchal Viewpoints

Mirador de Marchal

Marchal Badlands (Cárcavas de Marchal)

Viewpoint of the Cárcavas de Marchal

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