Fifteen thousand visitors a year visit the Lanjaron Spa Baths. It is hoped to grow by up to 20 percent next year with the addition of a new 4 star hotel adjacent to the baths. The World Health Organization has recognized Lanjaron as one of the places with the greatest longevity on the planet. It [...]
Took this shot this morning from 20,000ft as our plane passed over Lanjaron and the Alpujarras. Conditions were very clear. The town can be seen, together with the water bottling plant and the wind turbines towards the Valle de Lecrin. The motorway from Granada to Motril can be seen running down the left hand side.
Jul 312009
Friday nights in Lanjaron, originally uploaded by spanishhighs. Shot from my cortijo late July Tweet
Spain, especially the spa town of Lanjaron in the Alpujarras, is a great place to visit in June each year. The town is alive with the sights and sounds of fiesta. The famous Water Run (Carrera de Agua) on the night of the longest day is a totally unique experience too, re-enacting the worlds biggest [...]
Jun 052009
This video shows the recently erected Museum of Water in Lanjaron. You can visit this by going to the east end of town (direction orgiva) and it is on the left before the bridge over the Rio Lanjaron. Eh? Hmmmm! Museo del aguaby pepebadaje Tweet
Call it luck, fate, what you will, but I just happened to glance at our webcam, above Lanjaron, this afternoon and it had captured a bird flying past. As the photo updates every 30 seconds I just had time to save a copy on my computer. No idea what it is, as birds are not [...]
Taken by my friend Pepe (Badaje) from the Tajos de la Cruz Ermita above our house, overlooking the town of Lanjaron in the Alpujarras. More interesting information and videos from Pepe Badaje Tweet
Panorama photo taken looking west towards the spa town of Lanjaron in the Alpujarras on 11th March 2009. [ptviewer href="http://www.elperronegro.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-ptviewer/images/panorama-lanjaron.jpg" imagewidth="1694" imageheight="270" horizon="125" hfov="185" ] Move your cursor right and left to rotate image Photos © Richard Hartley (March 2009) Panorama software plugin wp-ptviewer © Vincent Prat 2007 [/ptviewer] Tweet
Photos of the town taken from an altitude of 1700m at the Tajos de Posito. The view to the coast, motorway and Lanjaron Tweet
Mar 072009
Well, we’ve had the busiest February since we arrived in 2002. Spanish Highs Mountain guides have been working hard at the winter mountaineering and alpine courses and ascents of Mulhacen recently. I seem to have been demoted to “office boy” and whilst others have been out doing all the “mountain” fun things, I’ve been running [...]
