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Environmental Interpretation Service in the Zone of High Peaks of Sierra Nevada It offers information about the National Park and the Natural Park of Sierra Nevada. It offers a nice walk through history, the physical medium, landscape and biology in the highest part of the massif. Location: Capileira (Granada) Contact: Telephone: 958 76 30 90/ 671 56 44 06 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Poqueira Shelter Sport facilities linked to the mountaineering and related sports. Among its activities, the support to research, security and rescue in the mountain are found. Location: Capileira (Granada) Contact: Telephone: 958 34 33 49 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Information Point Pampaneira Information and exhibition point with tools and ethnographic objects. Location: Pampaneira (Granada) Contact: 958 76 31 27 Fax: 958 76 33 01 E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Recreational Centre Puerto de La Ragua Inside the National Park Sierra Nevada. It offers shelter lodging, Information point, sport circuit, cross-country skiing, permanent orientation circuit, trail network, mountain bikes itineraries, mountain bike skill circuits. Location: Laroles, Nevada Contact: 958 760 223 / 958 524 020 |
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Touristic Information Office General touristic information Location: Lanjarón Contact: 958770462 E-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Visitors Centre "Laujar de Andarax" Permanent Exhibition. Information and orientation to the visitor. Viewpoint. Location: Laujar de Andarax Contact: Telephone: 950 51 35 48 |
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Nature Classroom “La Alpujarra” Environmental education, guided excursions, rural tourism, workshops, summer camps, activities for educational centres. Location: Los Bérchules Contact: 608 842 224 |
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Administrative Office Canjáyar Regional office of the National Parks Network linked to the National Park of Sierra Nevada Location: Canjáyar Telephone: 950 51 55 39 |
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Municipal Alpujarreña House Museum Ethnographic museum. Typical traditional Alpujarreña house in relation to the distribution, furniture, utensils and decoration. It has objects and ancient basic tools that they own or that have been donated by the neighbours of the village. More than 500 elements related to the traditional life in the village. A press and many necessaries and tools can be found. Location: Bubión Contact: 958 763 032 |
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Oil Museum. Traditional Agriculture Museum. Oil mill built during the Nasrid period. It preserves the machinery. In the hall, there is a carriage patio, where some buckets for the olive are prepared. It has a human mill of Roman origin. Location: Nigüelas Contact: 958 777 636 |
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Agricultural Tools Museum Wine cellar-Museum El Lagar of the Ceheli, where farming tools are exhibited. Location: Polopos |
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Esparto Craftwork and Agricultural Costumes Agustín Neguilla Museum It exhibits different esparto pieces: agricultural utensils, clothes, natural size figures (people, famous people, animals…), together with a collection of old objects related to daily life and agricultural works (farming tools). Location: Torvizcón Contact: 680 167 055 |
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El Pradillo Museum It exhibits reproduction of the oil paintings of the Padro Museum from painters such as Goya and Velázquez. These are works of a famous copyist from Toledo who lived half a century ago. Don José Antonio Jiménez Tovar donated them. Location: Murtas |
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Photographic Museum It has more than 600 photographs in black and white and colour photograph from the Alpujarra. They are the work of the journalist Rafael Vilches. They reflect the architecture, gastronomy, folklore, culture, legends and countless characters from the different towns of the Alpujarra. Location: Mecina Bombarón Contact: 958 851 001 |
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Photographic Museum Permanent exhibit of photographs of Yegen, both from its people and the town, from 1959 to 1989. They were made by Mr. Van Hannsen. Location: Yegen Contact: 958 851 001 |
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Historic Museum of the Alpujarra: Farming and Popular Costumes It is located in a house of the 17th century. 7,000 old objects of all kinds are preserved together with newspapers and documents related to the region, photographs, etc. One of the rooms shows a reconstruction of the National School that existed here (with a toys collection). Another room reproduces a typical Arabic-Andalusian room with clothes and weapons of the time. Location: Jorairátar (Ugíjar) Contact: 958 767 019 / 958 85 31 14 |
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Centre of Studies and Documentation of Sierra Nevada Alpujarra (CESNA) Documentation Centre that gathers the information published in any means of communication in relation to Sierra Nevada and the Alpujarra. It is classified in different sections. Conference room, Working room, Library. Location: Mecina (La Taha) Contact: 958 766 061 |
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Museum House of Pedro Antonio de Alarcón of Popular Costumes Museum of Alpujarreñas costumes with kitchen, farming and shepherding tools, loom, library and traditional ceramics. Sculpture from the 18th century from the school of Alonso Cano. Mementos of Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. Location: Capileira Contact: 958 763 051 |
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Cultural Heritage Centre Alpujarra It exhibits a collection of a wide range of farming tools related with the popular historic costumes (movable property of the Agroindustrial Heritage and the traditional architecture). Ethnographic collection of usages and popular costumes from the family of José Antonio Jiménez Tovar. Location: Ugíjar Contact: 958 76 70 19 |
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Water Museum Exhibition tour focused on the water: water tours, water resources, water memories. Location: Lanjarón Contact: 958 772 107 / 958 770 977 |
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Museum Archive Ruiz de Almodóvar Particular Cultural Centre. It exhibits works from the painter from Granada José Ruiz de Almodóvar, together with other works from contemporary painters and artistic pieces from the centuries XIX and XX (furniture and majestic objects). It has rooms dedicated to the history of the Alpujarra. Location: Órgiva Contact: 958 785 566 / 589 112 336 |
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Malacete Museum Museum that approaches the visitor to the society of Lobras and Tímar: mercury mines, natural, urban and agricultural landscape, handmade traditions. Location: Lobras Contact: 958 768 107 / 679 038 079 |
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Thematic Centre of the Alpujárride Wine It offers a journey through the wine culture by means of different activities: tastings, samples, gastronomic workshops, grape harvest participation, etc. Location: Torvizcón Contact: 622 959 500 |
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Honey Museum Interpretation Centre of the Bee-keeping for the Conservation of the Biodiversity. It has four didactic areas: wax press, didactic-apicultural itinerary, beehive collection and honey museum. The museum shows an elaboration process and the characteristics of the honey of Granada. Location: Lanjarón Contact: 958 771 196 |
FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS
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Expocádiar Food and Agricultural Fair of Tourism, Craftwork and New Technologies applied to the rural world Place: Cádiar |
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Enterprising Woman Fair of the Alpujarra and the Valle de Lecrín Place: Lanjarón |
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Expoalpujarra. Tourism, Craftwork and Endogenous Products Fair Place: Ugíjar |
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Tourism, Craftwork and Food Made in the Alpujarra Fair Place: Órgiva |
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Andalusian Honey Fair Place: Lanjarón |
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Craftwork, Agricultural and Tourism of the Alpujarra Fair Place: Pampaneira |
FESTIVALS
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Jazz Festival in the Alpujarra Place: It is celebrated every year in Busquístar. |
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Traditional Music of the Alpujarra Festival Place: Every year it is held in a different town of the Alpujarra. |
