Tag Archive for lanjaron

Avenida de la Alpujarra

As Vanessa has mentioned above, the road works on Lanjarón’s main street continues to drag on in waterlogged obstinacy. The barrage of rain is an obvious reason for this delay, although if rain stopped work in a place with a climate like the UK, nothing would ever get built there, would it?

Money for Road Damage

You will all, no doubt be pleased to hear that the Central Government and the Junta de Andalucía are going to chuck three million euros at the Alpujarra road system…

Parish Priest Dies

Too late to be included in the January edition, the funeral of the parish priest of Lanjarón, Father José Delgado Álvarez was held on the 29th of December.

Crumbling School

The 36 pupils of the Busquístar junior school cannot exactly be considered spoilt, as they have had to put up with the wintery temperatures of the Alpujarra without heating in their classroom.

3-Metre-Tall Buddha

Soportújar wants a 3-metre-tall Buddha statue… well, better said the Buddhist community does, which is just a 3-day camel trek and a packed lunch from the village.

Distant Hams

The Alpujarra cured hams are pretty damned famous and their popularity goes back quite a while, but were you aware just how long?

Tampering with Penary Meetings?

Back in July of 2007, everybody agreed that plenary meetings would be held at a civilised time, which wasn’t the case for the plenary meeting held at the beginning of December, according to the spokesman for the PP, Antonio Trujillo.

Cheap Jamón Serrano!

Jamón Serrano is probably one of the most famous products of La Alpujarra, even more so since the Rey de los Jamones, disappeared, owing thousands of euros, but that’s a different story.

Expo Alpujarra

The XII Edición of the Expo Alpujarra hit it off with 42 stands scattered around the 1,500 sq/m of exhibition space.