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Mirador de Marchal – Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint loop from Purullena

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Comarca de Guadix

Mirador de Marchal – Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint loop from Purullena

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Mirador de Marchal – Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint loop from Purullena

02:34

9.15km

180m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

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Geoparque de Granada

Waypoints

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2.98 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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2

3.06 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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3

5.33 km

Viewpoint of the Cárcavas de Marchal

Highlight • Viewpoint

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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4

5.40 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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5

5.50 km

Mirador de Marchal

Highlight • Viewpoint

Worthwhile, easy hike, but with incredibly beautiful views

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6

5.52 km

Marchal Viewpoints

Highlight • Viewpoint

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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7

6.18 km

Viewpoint of the Badlands of Purullena

Highlight • Viewpoint

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

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8

6.79 km

Badlands de Purullena Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

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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9.15 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.57 km

1.59 km

Surfaces

3.62 km

3.45 km

2.09 km

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Highest point (1,030 m)

Lowest point (930 m)

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Wednesday 11 November

17°C

12°C

41 %

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