Capileira: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 25 - 50 Hotel El Cascapeñas de la Alpujarra
 Hotel Cascapeñas de Alpujarra is located 100 metres from Calvary Square in Capileira, just outside the Sierra Nevada National Park. It offers traditi… MoreEUR 18 - 35 Hostal Rural Atalaya
 This rural guest house, set in the southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada, offers free Wi-Fi, and overlooks the Poqueira Ravine. Some rooms have a pr… MoreEUR 20 - 45 Hostal El Cascapeñas de la Alpujarra
 Hostal El Cascapeñas is situated in Capileira in the centre of the Sierra Nevada Natural Park. The charming rooms feature a balcony with panoramic vi… MoreEUR 49 - 76 Finca Los Llanos
 In quiet and beautiful natural surroundings, the Finca Los Llanos is located in the heart of the Alpujarras, on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada mounta… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capileira: Guide
Capileira is the highest and most northerly of the three villages in the gorge of the Rio Poqueira in the Alpujarras district of the province of Granada (province)|Granada in Andalucía, Spain. It is located at latitude 36º 57' N and longitude 3º 21' W, about 1 Km north of Bubión. Its altitude is officially recorded as 1436 metres, though there is a considerable altitude difference between the oldest part of the village, which is at the lower, southern end, and the highest part, where tourist-oriented development is currently concentrated. The area of the municipality is 57 sq. km.
Although the Sierra Nevada Highway runs through Capileira and out across the Sierra Nevada (Spain)|Sierra Nevada mountains towards the city of Granada, motor traffic is no longer permitted to continue across the mountains; Capileira is therefore the highest point that public traffic can reach, although the National Park runs a limited bus service on the now-closed road (reservations handled by office in the village) in summer. A track leads northwards from the village to the abandoned settlement of La Cebadilla, built to house the workers who developed the hydro-electric installation at the upper end of the Poqueira Gorge.
Capiliera has developed a significant tourist trade, acting as a centre for hiking|walking and for accessing the mountains especially Mulhacén, generally treated as a two-day climb from Capileira with an overnight stop at a mountain refuge en route. A bus route connects the village to Granada (via Lanjarón and Órgiva) and Alcutar (via Trevélez and Juviles); as of 2006 there were 2 services per day. The village has good facilities for visitors including a number of restaurants, hotels and apartment blocks, but retains a typical Alpujarran character especially away from the main road. Its population in 2005 was recorded as 582 people, of whom 35 did not have Spanish nationality, most of them being citizens of other European Union countries. The village has a primary school but no secondary school.
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