Pictures from flamenco performances in Granada's most well-known venues. From la Chumbera to the zambras (caves) in Sacromonte, Tablao Albaizin in San Cristobal, Los veranos flamencos del Corral del Carbón, Zaidín's flamenco summer festival and many others.

SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK (

The natural, cultural and scenic wealth of the Sierra Nevada massif converts this enclave into one of the natural spaces of greatest interest in Andalusia. With heights of over 3,000 m, it is the massif of highest altitude in western Europe, after the Alps. Sierra Nevada atracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year fascinated by the possiblity of practising ski on the sunny slopes of the southernmost ski resort in Europe.  The Alpujarras, on the southern flanks of the Sierra Nevada, have amazingly retained their Berber architecture, whih is still common in certain areas of Morocco. Pampaneira, Bubion and Capilaira, clinging one upon the other to the slopes of the Poqueira Gorgew are undoubtedly the most popular ones and the most picturesque.

THE PROVINCE: VILLAGES, COAST & COUNTRYSIDE

Granada's Costa Tropical might not be as popular with foreign tourist as Costa del Sol but ffom Salobreña to Almuñecar and far west into the Malaga province it boast a subtropical climate with mild winters and has some little, hiden, pretty coves as well as spectacular cliffs in the protected zone of Maro and Cerro Gordo. Inland, the defensive villages of The Vega of Granada, the area west of the capital, was a crucial frontier between the Christian and the Moorish kingdoms. Montefrío, Loja, Alhama, dramatically sited villages show their defensive past in their fortifications with amazing views of the fertile vega and the olive groves. To the north, the highplateau encompassing the Sierras of Baza and Castril is a land of contrasts and it is known worldwide because of its cave dwellings. No less than 5.000 of them exist combining the Altiplano and the neighbouring region of Guadix

 ART & CULTURE: MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & EXHIBITIONS

The Foundation Rodriguez-Acosta is a private cultural organization founded in 1941 after the death of the painter Jose Maria Rodriguez-Acosta "To support scientific research and to bring Granada up to date with human progress." Igor Mitoraj was born in Oederan in 1944. Widely travelled he's absorbed the influences of sculptural technique from Greece, New York, Central America, and Italy. 24 sculptures by Igor Mitoraj were displayed in Granada in February and March 2006.

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