Villages of the Lecrin Valley   Costa Tropical   Sierra Nevada   Granada city 
 
 La Alpujarra   Almeria 
 
Southeast of Granada city, nestling in the foothills of the mighty snow-capped Sierra Nevada, is a chain of ancient villages, with their distinctive Berber architecture of flat, clay-roofed houses, known as the Alpujarras.
 

 
These 50 or so villages are surrounded by terraced farmland and lush vegetation that is irrigated with the melting snows from the mountains towering above it.
These striking whitewashed villages include Yegen, immortalised by the British writer Gerald Brenan in the 1920s, and Trevélez, the highest village in Spain. There are many superb walks linking all these villages, as well as horse riding, cycling and loads of opportunities for wildlife watching.