Nestled in a fertile valley of the Sierra Nevada massif and looking towards the Vega of Granada is the municipality of Monachil, a town that is located just 8 km from the capital and that includes in its term places as marked as the Veleta peak or the Sierra Nevada Ski Resort. Its large territory, 90.13 km2, is crossed from east to west by the Monachil River, and presents an elongated morphology with slopes ranging from 3,394 m. of the Veleta peak to 740 m. in which the lowest point of its fertile plain is located.
Monachil preserves the morphology and structure of the mountain nuclei, maintaining the building characteristics of the traditional nucleus, which gives this environment a singularity today lost in almost all the towns that make up the environment of Granada.
Thanks to the fortunate enclave in which it is located, Monachil offers a wide, varied and interesting range of possibilities for carrying out sports activities in the natural environment. Routes and trails capable of surprising the passer-by crossing spaces as unique as Los Cahorros, Cerro del Huenes, Trevenque, Collado Matas Verdes, Cerrajón, Diéchar, etc., many of them minutes to be done on foot, bicycle or horse.