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Serrania de Ronda |
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| The whitewashed villages, of Arab origin, in the Ronda mountains combine popular architecture with striking natural surroundings. Other towns, however, are famous for their Phoenician ruins (Jimena de Líbar) or Roman..... |
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Sierra de las Nieves |
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| Parque Natural de la Sierra de las Nieves
Sierra de las Nieves Natural Park, in the province of Malaga, declared Biosphere’s Reserve by the Unesco is doubly important, as the beauty of its mountains and forests is..... |
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Poniente Granadino |
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| The western area of the Province of Granada (the Poniente Granadino) is well known ‘the last Nasrid frontier’, the old border between the Mushm Nasrid Kingdom of Granada and the Christian Kingdom of Castile. The towns..... |
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Pueblos Blancos |
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| The White Villages are one of the many attractions that await you in Andalusia. In the White Villages you will find monuments, fiestas and traditions, crafts, nature and the chance to practise a range of sports. This..... |
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Sierra Nevada |
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| Sierra Nevada combines beauty and ecological wealth, not forgetting that the highest peaks on the mainland are to found here. It is situated to the south-east of Granada and extends to the eastern end of Almería. It..... |
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La Axarquia |
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| Axarquía, a word of Arab origin which refers to the position to the east of a place, has survived in the province of Málaga as the name for its easternmost region.
Its landscape, extremely uneven due to the proximity of..... |
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Sierra de Cazorla |
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| Over 200,000 hectares of incredible beauty spots make up the Cazorla, Segura y las Villas Nature Reserve, where species which are unique in the world live.
This is the largest protected area in all of Spain. We are..... |
History
History of Hinojares |
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| The village was called Traxinum in Roman times. During the al-Andalus period, the village received the name Hins-Nojar, due to the abundance of fennel (hinojo) in the area. It was first a hamlet belonging to Pozo Alcón..... |
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Altiplano |
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| El Altiplano lies to the northeast of Granada, where immense tablelands rise more than 1000 metres above sea level. Its central part is occupied by a huge plain nearly deserted, surrounded by the ranges of Sagra,..... |
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The 14 country houses of this rural estate in the Alpujarra (Granada) have been constructed in the typical style of the Alpujarra,.. |
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The Alpujarra is placed between Sierra Nevada, the Lújar range and the Gádor range. It finds its way to the Mediterranean Sea from the Mulhacén, the highest peak of the Iberian Peninsula. Its landscape is rough yet colourful, its orography is scattered with ravines, canyons and valleys, where the villages of this district lie and sometimes climb.
This region was inhabited by Phoenicians and Romans, but the eight centuries of Arab domination gave them its peculiar architecture, its water irrigation system, its cuisine and even its name. Isolated and with difficult access along centuries, this steep land has kept itself nearly untouched, as if the Alpujarra had been stopped in time. The villages of the Alpujarra, with its whitewashed houses, spread themselves along the slopes between green forests.
The beauty of these villages is only one of its many attractions. Lanjarón, city with many spas, famous for the longevity and good health of its population, is the gate to the alpujarras wonders. Trévelez, the highest town in Europe, is known overall because of its exquisite jams. Another main touristy destination is the Poqueira ravine, where we can find the villages of Pamponeira, Bubión and Capileira. The stories tell of an area with goblins and witches, as well as the smells of olive trees and trout with jam.
The Guadalfeo River divides longitudinally the Alpujarra into two sections, the result of this being the High Alpujarra and the Low Alpujarra. The High Alpujarra lies on the southern side of Sierra Nevada where we can find beautiful villages such as Bérdules, Busquístar, Bubión, Juviles o Yegen. The Low Alpujarra is formed by La Contraviesa, where we can find peculiar villages such as Lújar, Sorvilán and Albondón among others.
These villages have marvelled everybody with their charm. Pedro Antonio de Alarcón dedicated them his first travel book in Spanish and Gerald Brennan told us about its excellences in Al sur de Granada. For Federico García Lorca it was “the country of nowhere”. The dances and the songs are an important part of a rich folklore and an ancestral tradition. The Moors and Christians fiestas are celebrated in a large number of places but one of the most original manifestations of the district are the Trovos from La Alpujarra. In this Trovos, the two troveros sing in turns improvising the response according to what the other has sung.
Next to La Alpujarra we find the fertile Lecrín valley where the fields of orange and lemon trees perfume the air in spring with a very heady blossom smell. Old flour mills, Muslim castles and charming cortijos, sprinkle this quiet and bright district.
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| The south of Spain is home to a veritable spring of health and well-being situated less than 30..... |
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| Villages of the Region | | Almegíjar, Alpujarra de la Sierra, Bérchules, Bubión, Busquístar, Cádiar, Cáñar, Capileira, Cástaras, La Taha, Juviles, Lanjarón, Lobras, Murtas, Nevada, Órgiva, Pampaneira, Pórtugos, Soportújar, Torvizcón, Trevélez, Turón, Ugíjar, Válor, Alboloduy, Alcolea, Alhabia, Alhama de Almería, Alicún, Almócita, Alsodux, Bayárcal, Beires, Bentarique, Canjáyar, Enix, Felix, Fondón, Huécija, Illar, Instinción, Láujar de Andarax, Ohanes, Padules, Paterna del Río, Rágol, Santa Cruz de Marchena, Terque, |
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