Marchal – Badlands

Marchal is a municipality of 414 inhabitants located in the region of Guadix, in a meadow irrigated by the rivers that flow down from the northern slopes of Sierra Nevada. It is a physical area declared Natural Park whose boundaries are very close to it, located on the Granada Geopark.

This small village settled in the northern valleys of the Nasrid city, is surprising for its spectacular scenery, with snowy peak mountains as a backdrop and a special town centre, with numerous cave dwellings.

In the valley, the green tones of olive, almond, fruit and black poplar trees stand out against the badlands which make up the canyon edges, declared a natural monument. The impressive landscape made up of a clay massif is part of a unique environment in Europe.