20의 우기하르가지 명소 & 주요 장소

In the tourist information office there is a beautifully done exhibition about the history of the region (unfortunately I didn't understand the language). Check it out!

Its name derives from the Arabic word for 'vergel' and makes sense due to its rich production of fruits and wine (as well as ham). It has typical Alpujarra architecture, adapted to the terrain and with a palpable Moorish heritage.

This is the furthest point of the circular route of the Acequia Real de Mairena, from where the return is undertaken by a different path than the one that came. The Castaño de Laroles path also converges at this point, which does continue to climb a little further along the ditch.

This beautiful town, with a long history, has a square where, if you arrive pedaling in the heat, you can cool off and recharge your batteries on the terrace of the bar. It is worth a visit to its parish church which, given its size, is nicknamed "the cathedral of the Alpujarras".

Municipality that is located in the area called Taha de Andarax located at the southern foot of the Sierra Nevada, in the valley that forms between the aforementioned mountain range and the one further south, the Sierra de Gádor.

This is the furthest point of the circular route of the Acequia Real de Mairena, from where the return is undertaken by a different path than the one that came. The Castaño de Laroles path also converges at this point, which does continue to climb a little further along the ditch.

This town was the capital of the Nasrid taha of the same name and had a flourishing weaving industry (in La Alpujarra a lot of mulberry was cultivated to feed the silkworms). About her, a Swiss once wrote: "Ugíjar will provide an ineffable memory to those who love and understand the language of stones, of houses steeped in history and of the town that carries in its soul the nostalgia of an almost fabled past".

The British writer Gerald Brenen, in love with La Alpujarra, settled in this town. He was known in town as Don Gerardo and after staying in a boarding house that is still in operation, he went on to rent a house now called the Casa del Inglés. About Yegen, Brenen wrote: “There was something about the place that appealed to me. It was a poor village, high above the sea, with an immense panorama in front of it. Its gray cube-shaped houses, in jagged Le Corbusier style, swooping down the hillside and clinging to each other, with their flat clay roofs and small smoky chimneys, suggested something built by insects.