Lanjarón: The Water Town of the Alpujarra
Andalusia, Spain
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Lanjarón: The Water Town of the Alpujarra
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Lanjarón is probably an Arabic rendering of a pre-Roman word meaning a place full of springs, and the name has turned out to be the whole story: the town sits on the western edge of the Alpujarra below the Sierra Nevada, its spa has drawn people for two centuries, and the one industry in the place bottles the water and sells it across Spain. It is the gateway to the Alpujarra proper, so it is also the sensible place to start anything going further up the valley.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Take the waters at the balneario, which is why the town exists as it does
2
of 5
Walk between the public fountains in the town and taste the difference between the springs
3
of 5
Work out what the name means, and that it was describing the springs long before anyone bottled them
4
of 5
Come for the carrera del agua on the night of San Juan, when the town throws buckets of water over everybody in the street — while the rest of Spain spends that night round a fire
5
of 5
Use it as the gateway it is and go on up into the Alpujarra afterwards
Take the waters at the balneario, which is why the town exists as it does
Walk between the public fountains in the town and taste the difference between the springs
Work out what the name means, and that it was describing the springs long before anyone bottled them
Come for the carrera del agua on the night of San Juan, when the town throws buckets of water over everybody in the street — while the rest of Spain spends that night round a fire
Use it as the gateway it is and go on up into the Alpujarra afterwards
Before you go
On the night of San Juan, around 24 June, the town soaks everyone in the Carrera del Agua.
The carrera del agua on the night of San Juan, around 24 June, means you and everything you carry will be soaked — leave anything that matters behind.
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