Province
& Villages - Granada - From Lecrin to Guajares
Granada information
From the Valle de Lecrín to Los Guájares
A trip in the western part of the Alpujarra, known as Valle
de Lecrín, takes us to an orchad with crops and small
villages which have kept their morisco or Moorish essence
over the centuries. Only 33 km. from Granada, the visitors
will find natural areas, mudéjar churches such as the
one in Durcal with its valuable images and altarpieces, and
orange and olive groves.
South of the Valle de Lecrín, we find the township of Los
Guájares, formed by three villages, Guájar Fondón,
Guájar Alto and seat of the town council, Guájar
Faragüit. These are small mountain villages that used
to be Muslim hamlets and are now grouped in the style of a
tahá, the administrative unit of Moorish times. The
three villages have 16th century churches.
The dam of Béznar is in the heart of the Valle de Lecrín.
It is filled by several rivers that flow from the Sierra Nevada.
Guájar Faragüit, the head of the municipality,
is only 22km. from Motril. Faraqüit means "hidden
garden" in Arabic.
Durcál is lonked to Granada by a highway. It is a typical
example of the villages of the Valle de Lecrín. It
is located in the Parque Natural de Sierra Nevada, and its
surroundings are irrigated by the River Dúrcal. Its
mudéjar or Moorish church should not be missed.
El Valle is formed by several rural population units, in the
same way as Lecrín. One of them is Restábal,
a small village imbued with the flavour of the Alpujarra region.
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