{"id":13001,"date":"2026-09-29T21:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/guadalfeo-river-orgiva-alpujarra\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T04:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T04:26:09","slug":"guadalfeo-river-orgiva-alpujarra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/guadalfeo-river-orgiva-alpujarra\/","title":{"rendered":"What river passes through \u00d3rgiva: the Guadalfeo and the Chico River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The <strong>Guadalfeo, also called the Grande River, is the main river around \u00d3rgiva<\/strong>. Next to it you will find references to the <strong>Chico de \u00d3rgiva River<\/strong>, one of its tributaries. They are different courses: it is advisable to identify which one appears on the map or on the route you want to follow.<\/p>\n<h2>Guadalfeo and R\u00edo Grande: two names to guide you<\/h2>\n<p>The Junta de Andaluc\u00eda identifies the R\u00edo Grande with the Guadalfeo and presents it as the axis of the western Alpujarra. In the landscape of \u00d3rgiva, water is also linked to orchards, irrigation ditches and olive trees.<\/p>\n<p>If your goal is to see the Guadalfeo, look for the exact section and observation point. The reference to the river in the municipality does not mean that its bank coincides with the urban center or that any street ends in a public access.<\/p>\n<h2>What role does the Chico River have?<\/h2>\n<p>The Chico River runs through the surroundings of C\u00e1\u00f1ar and Soport\u00fajar towards the \u00d3rgiva plain. The IGME hydrogeological report includes the Chico de \u00d3rgiva river among the tributaries of the Guadalfeo.<\/p>\n<p>When choosing an excursion, check the full name of the riverbed and the departure point. A tour of the Chico River ravine and a visit to the Guadalfeo Valley can take you to different places and terrain.<\/p>\n<h2>How to prepare a visit to the river environment<\/h2>\n<p>For a first outing, decide if you want to <strong>contemplate the valley, take a walk or complete a hiking route<\/strong>. Preparation changes depending on the plan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For a landscape view:<\/strong> choose a location with public access and room to stop; Avoid improvising a stop on the road or shoulder.<\/li>\n<li><strong>To walk:<\/strong> use a specific itinerary with departure, distance, elevation gain and return. Don&#8217;t turn a line on the map into a circular walk or leave all paths open.<\/li>\n<li><strong>With children or reduced mobility:<\/strong> ask about the road surface, slopes and intersections of the exact route. The proximity to the town does not show that the riverside is accessible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you depend on public transport:<\/strong> confirm separately the arrival in \u00d3rgiva, the trip to the start and the return.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>\u00d3rgiva Tourist Office<\/strong> publishes the telephone number <a href=\"tel:+34958784266\">958 784 266<\/a>. You can check which tours fit your group and ask for information about the status of access before leaving.<\/p>\n<h2>Is it a bathing area?<\/h2>\n<p>Seeing water or a bank in a photograph does not prove that that point is an authorized bathing area. For this plan, check the availability of the place and the conditions of the day. Avoid entering the riverbed with rain or flood warnings and respect access restrictions.<\/p>\n<h2>Combine the landscape with \u00d3rgiva<\/h2>\n<p>Organize the visit to the urban center first and add an outing to the surroundings only if it fits with the time, travel and the group. The <a href=\"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/things-to-see-in-orgiva-in-one-day\/\">guide to \u00d3rgiva in one day<\/a> helps you select cultural stops. To locate the municipality within the region, also consult <a href=\"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/capital-of-the-alpujarra-orgiva\/\">the role of \u00d3rgiva in the Alpujarra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section id=\"gs-sources\" class=\"gs-editorial-sources\" aria-label=\"Sources\">\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Junta de Andaluc\u00eda \u2014 surroundings of \u00d3rgiva, Guadalfeo and the Chico River<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juntadeandalucia.es\/medioambiente\/contenidoExterno\/rutasysenderosSierraNevada\/sendero-14.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.juntadeandalucia.es\/medioambiente\/contenidoExterno\/rutasysenderosSierraNevada\/sendero-14.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>IGME \u2014 tributaries of the Guadalfeo: Chico de \u00d3rgiva River (PDF, printed page 88)<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/info.igme.es\/SidPDF\/173000\/337\/173337_0000001.pdf#page=104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/info.igme.es\/SidPDF\/173000\/337\/173337_0000001.pdf#page=104<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00d3rgiva City Council \u2014 Tourist Office telephone number<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayuntamientodeorgiva.es\/telefonos-de-interes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ayuntamientodeorgiva.es\/telefonos-de-interes\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guadalfeo, also called the Grande River, is the main river around \u00d3rgiva . Next to it you will find references to the Chico de \u00d3rgiva River , one of its tributaries. They are different courses: it is advisable to identify which one appears on the map or on the route you want <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[861],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-towns-and-excursions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Jd8y-3nH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rioorgiva-guadalfeo-foto-real.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granadasmile.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}