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Salobreña’s historic centre (west of the modern town) comprises the barrios that once huddled inside its medieval walls. Slender cobbled lanes meander up the steep hillside, past whitewashed houses and bursts of bougainvillea, to the 12th-century castle and Mudéjar Iglesia del Rosario.
Impressive viewpoints include the seaward-facing Mirador de Enrique Morente and Mirador de la Frascunda, and the Mirador del Postigo, which looks inland to distant hills.
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The Alhambra is Granada’s – and Europe’s – love letter to Moorish culture. Set against the brooding Sierra Nevada peaks, this fortified palace started…
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It’s hard to imagine the surreal world that lies beneath the mountain foothills 4km east of Nerja, and it’s even harder to believe that these vast caverns…
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The Royal Chapel is the last resting place of Spain’s Reyes Católicos (Catholic Monarchs), Isabel I de Castilla (1451–1504) and Fernando II de Aragón …
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This is the stunning centrepiece of the Alhambra, the most brilliant Islamic building in Europe, with perfectly proportioned rooms and courtyards,…
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The richly decorated Sala de Dos Hermanas (Hall of Two Sisters), in the Palacios Nazaríes section of the Alhambra, sits on the northern side of the Patio…
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The celebrated Patio de los Leones (Lion Courtyard) sits at the core of the Palacio de los Leones, the palace built in the Alhambra in the second half of…
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This is one of the star rooms in the Alhambra. Boasting a mesmerising octagonal stalactite ceiling, it's the legendary site of the murders of the noble…
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The Chamber of the Ambassadors is where the emirs would have conducted negotiations with Christian emissaries on the Alhambra. Located in the Torre de…
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A standout for its slender tower and beautifully tiled side portal, this 16th-century Mudéjar church was built on the site of a former mosque. The…
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Crowning the gleaming-white old town, Salobreña's landmark Moorish castle dates to the 12th century, though the site was fortified as early as the 10th…
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The smaller of Salobreña’s two main beaches, with gentle waters and views up to the hilltop castle, this pebbly strand sits 1.5km southwest of the old…
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Overlooked by a palm-lined pavement and a rocky outcrop known as El Peñón, Salobreña’s main grey-sand beach awaits 1km south from the centre along Avenida…
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The easternmost of Almuñécar's two beaches, this lively grey-pebble-and-sand strand fronts the tangle of streets that make up the old town.
6. Museo Arqueológico Cueva de Siete Palacios
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Almuñécar's small archaeology museum is set in a series of 1st-century vaulted underground stone cellars, known as the Cueva de Siete Palacios and built…
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Almuñécar's impressive hilltop castle was built over Islamic, Roman and Phoenician fortifications by the conquering Christians in the 16th century, was…
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A lush park built around the remains of a Carthaginian and Roman fish-salting workshop, where garum (fermented fish sauce) was produced before being…