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The Sacromonte in Granada offers diverse geography: mountains, meadows and
rivers and ethnic variaty: Arabs, Jews, Spaniards and finally Gypsies, with a new type of houses, the cave.
The Gypsies settled in Granada in the eighteenth century on the slopes of Cerro de San Miguel
on the edge of the Camino del Sacromonte, the old route of Guadix Muslims.
The Sacromonte offers views of indescribable beauty:
the towers of the Alhambra, the white slopes of the Albaycin, the
Valparaiso valley and the river Darro.
The caves of Sacromonte are grouped around ravines, forming a kind of streets.
There are caves of several categories. The best known to visitors are those
devoted to Zambra: spacious, white and adorned with shiny copper pots.
These caves of Sacromonte in Granada are located near the road and are easily accessible.
In the upper part of Sacromonte are the cave that have better conditions: they have the entry
that serves as kitchen and dining area and one or two bedrooms.
The caves of Sacromonte in Granada for centuries have been home of gypsies, bohemians and Flemish artists.
The Gypsies as the Jewes are the people that through the centuries have preserved their pure racial identity.
Although the performances of flamenco in Sacromonte are too commercial and directed
primarily to groups of foreign tourists, it is imperative to spend at least one
night in a cave of the Sacromonte watching flamenco show.
Flamenco shows in Granada
You can visit the flamenco show
in authentic and traditional Sacromonte caves of Sacromonte.
How to get to Sacromonte: You can reach Sacromonte in a small bus number 34, more information in
Alhambra Bus.
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