Top choice in Las Alpujarras
A solar-powered 800-year-old village house, this rustic-chic bolthole makes a dreamy walking base. The nine rooms exude character with antiques, timber beams, grey-blue shutters and some of the Alpujarras' best views, while the outstanding restaurant serves Andalucian specialities made with organic homegrown vegetables and local produce and wines. British owners David and Emma are a mine of information.
Winery visits, hiking holidays and yoga, cooking and baking retreats are also hosted.
8.26 MILES
A hairy drive up a steep, snaking road leads to this terrific viewing platform 3.2km above town. From here you can look down on the full sweep of the…
12.48 MILES
This forbidding castle guards the northern Sierra Nevada from a hilltop looming over the sleepy village of La Calahorra, 16km southeast of Guadix. Built…
20.79 MILES
Around 2000 dwellings are burrowed into the rocky terrain of Guadix' main cave district, 1.2km south of the centre – a weird, otherworldly place where…
21.17 MILES
Its flamboyant sandstone exterior set against the rich blue sky, Guadix' cathedral was built between the 16th and 18th centuries on the site of the former…
Centro de Interpretación Cuevas de Guadix
20.81 MILES
Last inhabited in the early 1980s, this intriguing museum occupies a sprawling, eight-room cave-house dating back 300 to 400 years. Cave life of years…
4.37 MILES
On the main road, the old Fonda de Manuel Juliana is where Gerald Brenan stayed upon first arriving in Yegen in the 1920s. It's now a small, fascinating…
6.76 MILES
A rare organic vineyard, family-run El Cura produces some prize-winning wines from native Alpujarras grapes. To learn more and sample some of their wares,…
27.78 MILES
A family-owned operation powered by renewable energy, Anchurón specialises in single-origin wines (mostly rich reds) grown at 1000m. Visits, with a tapa…
2.87 MILES
Domino Buenavista produces some of the Alpujarras' best wines (reds, whites, rosés and sparkling), inspired by California's Napa Valley, along with…
4.37 MILES
On the main road, the old Fonda de Manuel Juliana is where Gerald Brenan stayed upon first arriving in Yegen in the 1920s. It's now a small, fascinating…
6.76 MILES
A rare organic vineyard, family-run El Cura produces some prize-winning wines from native Alpujarras grapes. To learn more and sample some of their wares,…
7.34 MILES
This established wine producer is a good place to pick up a bottle or two, along with gourmet Alpujarras treats: jams, cheeses, sausages, hams and honey…
8.26 MILES
A hairy drive up a steep, snaking road leads to this terrific viewing platform 3.2km above town. From here you can look down on the full sweep of the…
8.36 MILES
This viewing platform at the top of the village commands huge views over the surrounding hills down to the white town of Cádiar. The terrace was once used…
8.58 MILES
Just east of Laujar's main plaza, a signposted road heads 1.5km north to El Nacimiento, a shaded recreation area set around a series of waterfalls. It's…
10.84 MILES
Cuatro Vientos is the winery behind the Alpujarras' famous, smooth Malafollá reds, and also has its own restaurant. On a 90-minute tour you'll see a wine…