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m Laujar de church, La Encarnación, is a , Sierra Nevada
Andarax statue of the Virgin by Alonso Granada. @ from Granada.
Cano. Next to the Baroque town
Almería. * 2,000. @ n Carretera hall (ayuntamiento) is a fountain n Plaza de Andalucía, Cetursa
AL–5402 Láujar–Berja, km 1, 950 51 41 inscribed with some lines Sierra Nevada, 958 24 91 11.
49. ( 3 & 17 of each month. _ San written by Francisco Villespesa, ∑ sierranevada.es
Vicente (22 Jan), San Marcos (25 Apr), a dramatist and poet who was Fourteen peaks more than
Virgen de la Salud (19 Sep).
born in Laujar in 1877: “Six 3,000 m (9,800 ft) high crown
Laujar, in the arid foothills of the fountains has my pueblo/He the Sierra Nevada. The snow
Sierra Nevada, looks who drinks their waters/will lingers until July and begins
southwards across never forget them/so falling again in late autumn.
the Andarax Valley heav enly is their taste.” One of Europe’s highest
towards the Sierra El Nacimiento, a roads, the A395, runs past
de Gádor. park to the Solynieve, an expanding ski
Andarax was east of Laujar, resort at 2,100 m (6,890 ft),
founded by is a suitable and skirts the two highest
one of the place to have a peaks, Pico Veleta at 3,398 m
grandsons of picnic. You can (11,149 ft) and Mulhacén
Noah. In the accompa ny it at 3,482 m (11,420 ft).
16th century, with one of The Sierra’s closeness to the
Abén Humeya, the area’s hearty Mediterranean and its altitude
leader of the greatest red wines. Ohanes, account for the great diversity
Morisco rebellion (see above the Andarax of the indigenous flora and
p63), made his base Painting, Iglesia de la valley further to the fauna found on its slopes – the
here. The revolt was Encarnación east, is an attractive latter including golden eagles
crushed by Christian hill town of steep and some rare butterflies.
troops and Abén Humeya was streets and whitewashed There are several mountain
killed by his own followers. houses known for its crops refuges for the use of serious
Inside Laujar’s 17th-century of table grapes. hikers and climbers.
Lacalahorra
6 Yegen 8 Puerto de la Ragua
A plaque marks the This pass, which leads across the
house where Gerald mountains to Guadix, is nearly
Brenan, the author of 2,000 m (6,560 ft) high and is
South from Granada, often snowbound in winter.
lived in the 1920s.

N E V A D A

S I E R R A Alcol ea
Macina 7 Válor

Abén Humeya, leader of a rebellion
by Moriscos in the 16th century, was
born here. A commemorative battle
between Moors and Christians is
Cherín staged each year in mid-September.
Yátor Ugíjar

Ugíjar 5 Cádiar Tips for Drivers
Free wine is traditionally
on tap during the village’s Tour length: 85 km (56 miles).
October fiesta. Stopping-off points: There
are bars and restaurants in
C O N T R A V I E S A Key Orgiva, Capileira, Bubión (see
S I E R R A D E L A p599) and Trevélez. Orgiva,
Tour route Bubión and Trevélez have
0 kilometres 5 good hotels. Orgiva is the last
Other roads
0 miles 5 petrol stop before Cádiar.
Mountain peak

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