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Best Towns to Visit in Granada Province (Not Including the Alpujarras)

Granada province stretches from the coast - Costa Tropical  to the north and borders with Spain's largest Natural Park (which is in the neighbouring province of Jaen) Parque Natural de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas. Cazorla Town and National Park Within its boundaries lie the ski slopes of Sierra Nevada and the highest peak on mainland Spain, Mulhacen. Its diverse, beautiful, wild and yet a garden of paradise where tropical fruits grow. I'm going to share with you a couple of my favourite 'best towns to visit' in Granada Province, which don't include the villages of the Alpujarras - that's another day, another post and another holiday, so huge is Granada! Picturesque Castril Almost as far north as you can get while staying in Granada province is the fabulous town of Castril.  A mountain town with an abundance of water creating a small, yet fast flowing river with tumbling waterfalls. Sometimes you're on a wooden walkway on the cliff face, at others you&#

Monday Morning Photo - Jaén´s Renaissance Cathedral

Even though the lovely old plaza in front of the cathedral had it´s magnolia trees ripped out and nothing put in place I have to admit every time I see this cathedral I´m impressed.




It is enormous and magnificent from the outside and over-the-top in religiosity inside, it´s also home to one of the cloths that was used to wipe Christ’s face on his way to be crucified. Every Friday people are allowed to kiss the cloth.

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