Sierra Nevada, Spain

Julie mckenna from SPAIN writes:

Just spent a long weekend up the Sierra (I live a two hour drive away). Lived in Spain for 3 years now and spend as much time as possible up there through the Winter especially when the weather is not too good on the coast. It's the first time it snowed (while we were there.) Driving around town was a bit hairy; snow chains are a must if there is snow forecast. Ski conditions were great, but visibility was pretty low. Did a night ski for the first time, amazing.....highly recommended, straight on gondola, no queues and the pistes were empty and soooo quite, it's an entirely different experience. Night skiing is only allowed on Saturday nights and the odd Wednesday if the weather is good enough, only 12 euros for the lift pass.
Night life is great, I would particularly recommend Sticky Fingers, great vibe, cool DJ, great crowd, we were there 'till 5am and there was no sign of a wind down. We actually stayed out as a couple of locals told us that the lifts would be closed on Sunday due to predicted gales, which as he promised was true....the whole town seemed to be taking advantage of the fact that they didn't have to get up early! Which is just as well as we were pretty wobbley from the copious amounts of drinks at Sitcky Fingers.
My only complaint is a general one and that is the lack of good qualify food in the restaurants. Although it's fairly good value for money, we had a vege with us and it was almost impossible to find anything but chips for her to eat. Maybe we just chose badly. Appreciate any recommended places to eat for meat eaters and vege's alike.

2006-02-25