Tara

Las Alpujarras


In keeping with Órgiva's hippie spirit, Tara can sort out your ethnic wardrobe with a choice of subcontinental-styled clothes, drapes, bags and jewellery. You can also pick up joss sticks in a range of exotic aromas.


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Nearby Las Alpujarras attractions

1. O Sel Ling

3.79 MILES

Opposite Pampaneira village, 2km up the western side of the Poqueira gorge, you can just make out the stupa of the small stone Buddhist monastery,…

4. Casa Alpujarreña

5.03 MILES

Located in the lower village beside the church, this folk museum occupies a typical mountain house, giving a glimpse of bygone Alpujarran life through its…

5. Hilacar ArtesAna

5.14 MILES

At the top of town, this is the Alpujarras' only remaining artisan workshop of jarapas, those colourful rugs you'll spot all over the Poqueira villages…

6. Casa-Museo Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

5.49 MILES

An ancient village home with a modest exhibition on local farming and living utensils, and the life and work of the Guadix-born novelist Pedro Antonio de…

7. Mirador Era de la Platera

13.88 MILES

This viewing platform at the top of the village commands huge views over the surrounding hills down to the white town of Cádiar. The terrace was once used…

8. Casco Antiguo

14.11 MILES

Salobreña’s historic centre (west of the modern town) comprises the barrios that once huddled inside its medieval walls. Slender cobbled lanes meander up…