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| Sierra Nevada and the Eastern
Alpujarra |
A large part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range
is in Almeria province. The spectacular Alpujarra
region makes up a large part of this area. A
new motorway links these towns and Almeria´s
Airport - bringing them within a 30 minutes
drive.
Travelling southeast from Guadix to Almería
nestling in the natural corridor between the
Sierra de Filabres and Sierra Nevada lies Fiñana
and part of its area is within the Sierra Nevada
Natural Parque, which one of the natural paradises
of this area, rich in flora, fauna and scenery.
Fiñana although it has grown
and become more modern through the influence
of the road that travels from Almería
to Granada still preserves the traces of its
Moorish origin: its flat roofs on the white
Moorish houses, the Moorish castle remains,
the Mudejar church built on the site of a mosque
and its narrow zigzag streets. |
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| Escúllar
is a small village situated behind the Sierra
de Baza, next to the river that shares its name
and near the Sierra de Los Filabres. It belongs
to the municipality of Las Tres Marias,
within the Nacimiento area and
lies in the corridor that joins the province of
Almeria to the Marquesado del Zenete.
Ocaña is situated next
to the Rio Nacimiento; it belongs to the municipal
area of Las Tres Villas together with Doña
María. |
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| Nacimiento
pueblo is where the source of the river of the
same name rises and is used to irrigate the fertile
agricultural land that is abundant with grapes.
To the north of Gergal at
Calar Alto in the Sierra de Filabres a series
of high powered telescope have been installed
to take advantage of the crystalline air and
study the heavens.
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| The Eastern Alpujarra
of Almeria province is quite a contrast to the
Granada side; the landscape is amazingly different,
more arid, but with many areas of green fertile
land due to the abundance of water. |
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The Rio Andarax
river valley rises steadily from Alhama
de Almeria several hundred metres
through rapidly changing scenery, ever more
lush and moutainous. There are over eighteen
Alpujarreñan villages in the valley ,
each distinct, almost all are beautiful. "Upstream"
the principal are Alicun, Illar,
Ragun, Canyajar,
Padules, Fondon,
Beires and the source can be
found at Laujar de Andarax.
This is the only area where grapes for wine
are produced in the whole province. In Laujar
de Andarax there is a thriving wine producing
industry organised within a cooperative and
wine is being exported to ther regions in Spain
and to Europe. |
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| Some of the area is included
in the Sierra Nevada Natural Park bound at the
north with the Marquesado de la Zenete, to the
east the Santa fé de Mondújar
and Gádor, to the south Almería
and the Mediterranean and to the west with villages
of Ugíjar, Turón and Albuñol.
There is easy access to the Costa Almería
through Berja with the development of an excellent
main road to Almería town and airport.
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| Towns and villages |
| Alcolea |
| Abla |
| Abrucena |
| Doña Maria |
| Escullar |
| Fiñana |
| Gergal |
| Nacimiento |
| Ocaña |
| Bayarcal |
| Paterna del Rio |
| Laujar de Andarax |
| Fondon |
| Beires |
| Almocita |
| Padules |
| Ohanes |
| Canjayar |
| Ragol |
| Instincion |
| Illar |
| Huecija |
| Alicun |
| Bentarique |
| Terque |
| Alhabia |
| Santa Cruz |
| Alboloduy |
| Alhama de Almeria |
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