Las Alpujarras Favorites

Favorite thing: Nice pizzas & lasagne at the pizzeria on the main road through Orgiva. The view down from the top of the main street with the church and the mountains beyond is very striking. The market was quite lively.

Fondest memory: Can't say I miss it - the mountains are stunning but the smaller roads are hellish and the locals are very unfriendly.

Favorite thing: even if it stays a remote place,refuge for muslims after granada (2nd of january,1492),...becomes nowadays the ultimate refuge for more and more tourists!

Fondest memory: remains very attractive and rather unique:quietness,architecture and history...mixture muslim/berbere-christian folklore...not so easy to translate....a special feeling!

Favorite thing: Lanjarón is a spa, well-known for its medicinal water; it also has the ruins of an Arabian castle on the top of a hill. This hill is so inaccessible, that probably the Arabian soldiers had helicopters!!!

Lanjarón es un balneario, bien conocido por sus aguas medicinales; tiene un castillo árabe en ruinas en la cima de una colina. Esta colina es tan inaccesible, que probablemente los soldados árabes tenían helicópteros!!!

Favorite thing: River Trevélez (and its trouts!!!), goes through the town; if you do not like fish, or you prefer pork, Trevélez has delicious hams!

El río Trevélez (¡y sus truchas!!!!) atraviesa el pueblo; si no te gusta el pescado, o prefieres el cerdo, Trevélez tiene deliciosos jamones!

Favorite thing: Trevélez means "three Vélez": up, mid and down Vélez. It is the highest town in Spain (1.476 m over sea level)... lost in the mist.

Trevélez significa "tres Vélez": alto, medio y bajo. Es el pueblo más alto de España (1.476 m sobre el nivel del mar)... perdido en la niebla.

Favorite thing: Orgiva is another charming town; orange-trees go along its streets; I visited it during winter, and the orange-trees were full of fruits! Take a seat at the table of one of the several bars in front of the church, have a drink and watch people from all over the world (and even local people!) wandering.

Orgiva es otro pueblo encantador; naranjos bordean las calles... Lo visité durante el invierno, y los naranjos estabn cargado de frutos!!! Toma asiento en una de las mesas de los muchos bares que hay frente a la iglesia, bebe algo y observa pasar gente de todas partes del mundo (e incluso lugareños!)

Favorite thing: At the main street you will find the "Fuente de San Antonio" (Saint Anthony's fountain).

"No digas nunca de esta agua no beberé
pues esta fuente que aquí ves
es fuente de la virtud
y tiene tal magnitud
que a beber su agua invita
la confirmó un devoto
que feligrés fue de esta Iglesia.
Y soltero que la bebe con intención de casarse
¡no falla pues al instante... novia tiene, ya lo ves!"

"Never say 'I will not drink this water'
because this fountain you see here
is a fountain of virtue
and it has such magnitude
that invites to drink its water
it was confirmed by a devotee
who was a parishioner of this Church.
And bachelor who drinks with intention of getting married
does not fail because at the moment... he has a bride, you see it!"

I drank this water, but I did not get married yet... probably because I am foreigner, and the fountain "works" only with local people!

Bebí de esta agua, pero aún no me he casado...probablemente porque soy extranjera, y la fuente "funciona" sólo con los lugareños!

Favorite thing: I found these old washeries after climbing a steep street; the sights from there were amazing, but I imagined the hard work to climb till there with a bundle of dirty cloth, and I was glad to have a washing machine at home!

Encontré estas antiguas piletas de lavar la ropa luego de trepar una callecita empinada; la vista desde allí era magnífica, pero me imaginé el arduo trabajo de subir hasta allí cargando un atado de ropa sucia, y realmente me sentí dichosa de tener un lavarropas automático en casa!