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Alpujarra information

The high Alpujarra: from Lanjarón to Laroles

The Alpujarra is an area where time seems to stand still. It has picturesque villages perched on mountain slopes, a popular architecture inherited Muslim dwellers, landscapes of undescribable beauty, Moorish irrigation canals and crops grown on terraces. The people there are welcoming and modest, and the Sierra Nevada people is always in the background. The last redoubt of the moriscos from Granada is living proof of the symbiosis between man and the environment reached by the Moorish culture of Al-Andalus.

A tour of the most authentic villages and lanscape takes us like the Barranco del Poqueira, La Tahá, Trevélez or Válor. It goes from Lanjarón to Laroles, on the border with the province of Almería.

Lanjarón, the town of healthy waters, has interesting places such as the Barrio Hondillo, the spa, the Islamic castle and the hermitage of San Sebastián.

In Soportújar it is a surpring to see its abundant examples of the typical architecture of Alpujarra, steep streets and qhite houses.

Pampaneira is a beautiful example of the popular architecture of the area. There is a cratf market there in weekends.

The Barranco del Poqueira, is one of the most beautiful places the Alpujarra, and comprises the villages of Pampaneira, Bubión and Capileira.

In Capileira it is very interesting to visit the Museum of Popular Art and Traditions of the area and the church.

Bubión is the smallest village in the Poqueira area. Its mudéjar church preserves the remains of the Nasrid tower.