tourism laboratory
experiences that connect visitors and the local community
“GuájaresLab is much more than rural Coworking & Coliving — GuájaresLab was born with a broader vision: to activate a regenerative tourism model that cares for the valley and transforms those who visit it.”
what is it?
A space to listen, design and activate
GuájaresLab is the space for creation from which we imagine and activate new forms of tourism capable of caring for the land and transforming those who visit it.
From the laboratory, we connect people, projects, local resources and institutions to drive experiences, services and innovative tourism and rural initiatives that generate economic, social and community value in Los Guájares.
what is its purpose?
building a regenerative tourism ecosystem and activating the territory
The laboratory helps visitors find ways to connect with Los Guájares while, at the same time, allowing that arrival to create opportunities for the local population, the valley’s services and the territory’s initiatives.
Activating initiatives that respond to the territory’s real challenges while, at the same time, enriching the visitor’s experience.
We work to ensure tourism isn’t an isolated or extractive activity, but a tool capable of strengthening the local economy, restoring heritage, caring for the landscape, activating unused resources and creating opportunities for the community.
how do we do it?
WE CONNECT, WE DRIVE, WE REGENERATE
We listen to the territory
We gather needs, ideas, local memory, challenges and opportunities so that tourism grows out of the valley's own reality.
We connect local stakeholders
We bring together residents, accommodation providers, farmers, local projects, visitors, institutions and partners.
We design regenerative experiences
We help create proposals that connect visitors with nature, agriculture, heritage, community and rural life.
We support tourism initiatives
We accompany local projects in structuring, improving, communicating, digitalizing and professionalizing themselves.
We promote training and knowledge
We foster learning in regenerative tourism, visitor care, tourism technology, sustainability, communication and cooperation.
We activate the valley's resources
We work to bring new life to underused spaces, homes, heritage sites, trails, small plots, local knowledge and infrastructure.
areas of work
A cross-cutting tool for regenerating the valley and its rural ecosystem
The laboratory sees tourism not as an isolated activity or an end in itself, but as a cross-cutting tool for territorial activation and regeneration. Through it, we seek to activate, connect and strengthen the different areas that sustain life and the valley’s rural ecosystem: agriculture, the environment, water, flora and fauna, local culture and heritage, housing, mobility, and the relationship between the local community and the people who come to the territory.
Destination identity and tourism strategy
We support the creation of a clear tourism vision for Los Guájares, based on sustainability, cooperation, quality, local identity and value returning to the territory.
Tourism experiences and services
We design and coordinate tourism initiatives linked to nature, hiking, agriculture, heritage, gastronomy, wellbeing, local culture and community life.
Agriculture and rural life
We drive experiences, projects and learning linked to organic and regenerative agriculture, vegetable gardens, subtropical crops, farming knowledge and our relationship with the land.
Culture, Heritage, Memory and Identity
We recover, protect and bring to life the stories, trades, traditions, festivals, gastronomy and knowledge that make up the valley's cultural identity.
Environment, water, biodiversity and landscape
We promote the care of the valley's water, flora, fauna, landscape and ecosystems through awareness-raising, conservation, waste management and land stewardship.
Community, Cohesion and Participation
We strengthen the bonds between the local population, new residents and visitors to the valley, creating spaces for meeting, learning, cooperation and intergenerational exchange.
Housing, Accommodation and Livability
We encourage the restoration of unused homes and public spaces, as well as new ways of living in the valley. Coworking and coliving is our main focus.
Mobility and territorial connection
We drive solutions that make it easier to move within and beyond the valley, connecting villages and promoting more accessible, sustainable mobility for residents and temporary visitors.
Tourism innovation and technology
We support the digitalization of the tourism sector, destination promotion, booking management and improved online visibility to strengthen the valley's tourism capacity.
discover our tourism experiences
proposals to work your hands, mind and soul
From the tourism laboratory, we help design and coordinate experiences linked to the land, always working in collaboration with local people, projects and products. Experiences that don’t just showcase the valley and its surroundings, but help you become part of them.
Getting to know the valley's farming sector: guided visit to a regenerative avocado farm
Description
The Valley of Los Guájares grows avocados, olives, almonds, citrus, mangoes, custard apples and other fruit trees that are part of the territory’s agricultural landscape.
In this experience, you’ll visit a local farm accompanied by a farmer from the valley, who will show you how avocados and other fruit trees are grown from a more sustainable and regenerative perspective.
During the visit, you’ll get a close look at the importance of soil, water, biodiversity and responsible crop management in an environment shaped by subtropical and Mediterranean agriculture.
The experience includes a tasting of local products.
Price
- From €35/person
Details
Yoga and relaxation in nature
Description
A guided session led by a specialist in yoga, mindful movement and wellbeing, held in the natural surroundings of Los Guájares.
The activity is designed to slow your pace, stretch your body, breathe more calmly, and enjoy the silence, the light, the sound of water and the valley’s landscape. Depending on the group, the time of year and the chosen setting, it may include gentle yoga, breathing exercises, relaxation, meditation, mobility exercises, forest bathing, mindful hiking or small sensory practices such as connecting with nature.
A calm, accessible experience to connect with yourself, inhabit the valley more mindfully and experience the nature of Los Guájares through the body.
Price
- From €15/person
Details
Interpretive route through the valley's Andalusi legacy: El Castillejo, irrigation channels, hamlets and the living memory of Los Guájares
Description
A guided visit to the archaeological site of El Castillejo and the historical traces still preserved in Los Guájares: irrigation channels, terraces, narrow streets, old street layouts and traditional irrigation systems.
Accompanied by a local guide, you’ll discover how Andalusi communities settled this steep, fertile valley, shaping the landscape through water, agriculture and a network of hamlets connected to the land.
From the coexistence and blending of Muslim and Christian communities came a unique history, still felt in the villages, paths and landscape today. An experience to learn about, walk through and get closer to one of the territory’s most singular heritage sites.
Price
- From €25/person
Details
Hiking and interpretive route through the valley's nature and mountain ranges
Description
A guided route through the natural surroundings of the Valley of Los Guájares, crossing the Sierra del Chaparral, the Sierra de Los Guájares and the area around the Toba River — landscapes that frame the valley and offer some of its best views.
The activity involves walking among pine forests, terraces, subtropical crops and Mediterranean vegetation, discovering how mountain, water and agriculture coexist in a truly unique landscape. Along the way, the natural surroundings will be interpreted, paying attention to the flora, fauna, geology and the valley’s relationship with the Toba River and its springs.
The route can be adapted to the group’s profile. For more experienced hikers, an itinerary through the valley’s higher areas, ridges or peaks can be arranged, with panoramic views toward the inland mountains and the Costa Tropical. For a more relaxed profile, a route can be planned along the foot of the mountains and the areas near the river.
Price
- From €30/person
Details
Ethnographic and cultural route through Los Guájares: Three villages, one living memory
Description
A guided route through the valley’s three villages (Guájar Fondón, Guájar Faragüit and Guájar Alto) to discover Los Guájares through its history, traditional architecture, trades, flavors and the memory of those who live there.
Accompanied by a local guide, you’ll walk narrow streets, fountains, squares, churches, irrigation channels, old street layouts, viewpoints and corners that speak of the valley’s Andalusi origins, its agricultural past and everyday life in a truly unique rural setting.
The experience offers a closer look at local traditions, Guájares’ gastronomy, popular festivals, local produce and the stories that have shaped each village’s identity. Guájar Fondón, Guájar Faragüit and Guájar Alto share the same roots, but each keeps its own character, landscapes and particular way of living in the valley.
Price
- From €25/person
Details
The water route: history and rural life in Los Guájares
Description
Accompanied by a local guide or instructor, you’ll walk paths near the river, water springs, fountains, irrigation channels, ponds and old spaces linked to the traditional use of water. Along the route, you’ll learn how this resource has shaped the valley, enabling vegetable gardens, terraces, subtropical crops and ways of life deeply tied to agriculture.
The experience also offers a closer look at the ethnography of water: its use for irrigation, water supply, old mills, fulling mills and other uses linked to rural work and, in some cases, energy production. A route to understand how water doesn’t just run through the valley, but sustains and explains it.
Along the way, the river’s natural surroundings will be interpreted, paying attention to the flora, fauna, hydrogeological features, the valley’s subtropical climate, and the relationship between mountain, water and agricultural life.
Price
- From €25/person
Detalles
Hiking and adventure through Los Tajos on the Guadalfeo River
Description
A guided route through the area around the Guadalfeo River and Los Tajos de Los Vados, one of the most spectacular landscapes on the river’s final stretch before reaching the Costa Tropical. This spot connects directly with Los Guájares, since the Toba River, which flows through and gives life to the valley, meets the Guadalfeo along this stretch.
Along the way, you’ll discover a river canyon carved by the Guadalfeo, with vertical walls, riverside vegetation and unique rock formations shaped by water. The experience combines hiking, landscape interpretation, the ethnography of water and observation of the natural surroundings, exploring the river’s importance as a natural, agricultural and historical backbone of the territory: from its connection to the Sierra Nevada to its role in the irrigation systems of the Granada coast and the plains of Salobreña and Motril.
Depending on availability and the group’s profile, the experience can be complemented with an optional sport climbing or via ferrata activity in Los Vados, always with qualified professionals and in compliance with current regulations for the area.
Price
- From €35/person
Details
Cultural visit to Salobreña and a beach day
Description
Salobreña and Los Guájares are two nearby territories, connected by their agricultural landscape, shared history and water.
The trip to Salobreña is designed to enjoy a day that combines culture, a Mediterranean coastal landscape and the beach.
The visit includes exploring its historic center, white-washed streets, viewpoints, squares and traditional corners, discovering the relationship between the village, its castle, the old urban layout, the agricultural plain and the sea. Along the way, you’ll learn about its history, its Andalusi memory, its everyday life, its traditions and its connection to the Mediterranean. A cultural trip to discover one of the most unique spots on the Costa Tropical and understand its historical relationship with the coast, the plain and the Guadalfeo valley.
The visit ends with free time to enjoy the beach, walk by the sea, relax or take a swim.
Price
- Desde €35/persona
Details
Cultural visit to the Alpujarra of the Sierra Nevada
Description
A cultural trip to the Alpujarra of the Sierra Nevada, a territory near Los Guájares deeply connected to the history, landscape and rural memory of the former Kingdom of Granada.
The visit includes exploring some of the most representative villages of the lower and middle Alpujarra, depending on availability and how the day is organized, to discover their traditional architecture, narrow streets, tinaos (covered passageways), fountains, irrigation channels, terraces, and their way of life tied to the mountains.
Along the way, the relationship between landscape, water, agriculture and history will be interpreted, exploring the Andalusi and Morisco legacy still visible in the villages’ layout, irrigation systems, terraced crops and the territory’s cultural memory.
The experience offers a glimpse into mountain valleys, whitewashed villages, viewpoints, historic paths, local gastronomy and ways of living that reflect its rural identity.
Price
- From €40/person
Details
Important notes:
- A minimum of 3 people is required to run the activity.
- A pre-booking with a 50% deposit is required.
- Please check experience availability. We depend on local providers.
Contact us
Book your experience or get involved as a collaborator
Write to us to find out about availability, accommodation options and ways to get involved in the valley’s ecosystem. Tell us what kind of stay you’re looking for and we’ll help you find the best way to experience GuájaresLab’s Coworking & Coliving.
transform, and let yourself be transformed
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If you’re a remote worker, digital nomad, visitor, or simply looking for a more meaningful rural experience, GuájaresLab opens the door to a regenerative, welcoming and authentic experience.