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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 - Almanzor´s Bell Route

Bell Route of Almanzor - Campana Ruta de Almanzor a symbol of the wars between the Moors and Christians and in particular a bell stolen from the Christians by Moorish troops led by Almanzor in 1002 and later recuperated and returned to Santiago de Compostela.

This bell is in the grounds of the Parador in Cordoba, La Arruzafa, to the north of Cordoba city on the site of the Moorish ruler Abderraman I's summer palace.



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