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What to see and do in Lecrín

What to see and do in Lecrín (Valle de Lecrín, Granada): 17 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 6 Monuments · 1 Nature · 5 Activities · 3 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Lecrín: festival calendar

January: Fiestas patronales de Murchas (1 al 3 de enero)
May: Fiestas de San Segundo de Chite (último fin de semana de mayo o primer fin de semana de junio)
September: Los Musiqueros del Santísimo de Béznar (en torno a la primera semana de septiembre)
December: Fiestas de la Purísima y el Santo Cristo del Zapato de Talará (December 8) · El Rosario de las Cruces de Murchas (December 25)

How far each place is from the centre of Lecrín

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What to see and do in Lecrín

Lecrín
Village
Municipality formed on 28 November 1967 by the merger of Chite, Talará, Acequias, Mondújar, and Murchas (with its seat in Talará); Béznar was added in 1973. In 2025 it has 2,244 inhabitants spread across seven settlements.
Castillo de Mondújar e Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
Monument
Ruins of a castle linked to Muley Hacén, the penultimate Nasrid king of Granada, and the church of Mondújar, of Renaissance design attributed to Diego de Siloé; alongside Roman baths from the 1st-4th centuries discovered in 1983 in Béznar.
Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción de Talará
Monument
Parish church of Talará built in the 18th century; some sources attribute it to the architect Ventura Rodríguez. The traditional irrigation system of the settlement still runs over medieval irrigation channels of Morisco origin.
Fiestas de la Purísima y el Santo Cristo del Zapato de Talará
Activity
Patron saint festivals of Talará in honor of the Purísima Concepción and the Santo Cristo del Zapato, with a wake-up call at 6:30 in the morning and a communal paella.
Origen árabe del topónimo Talará
Curiosity
The name Talará comes from the Arabic hārat al-arab, "quarter of the Arabs".
El campamento militar de Acequias (1569)
Historical milestone
In 1569, during the Alpujarras rebellion, the Duke of Sessa set up a military camp and garrison at Acequias to protect Órgiva.
Casa inglesa de la familia Blanes en Acequias
Monument
Former manor house in English colonial style, now restored, which belonged to the Blanes family in the settlement of Acequias.
Castillo e iglesia de la Inmaculada de Chite
Monument
Chite preserves remains of the so-called Castillo de Chite and the church of the Inmaculada Concepción, the main monumental testimonies of this settlement in the municipality of Lecrín.
Fiestas de San Segundo de Chite
Activity
Patron saint festivities of Chite in honor of San Segundo and the Virgen del Rosario, held the last weekend of May or the first of June.
José Guerrero y Chite
Curiosity
The painter from Granada José Guerrero (1914-1991), one of the leading Spanish figures of abstract expressionism, had maternal roots in Chite.
Embalse de Béznar
Nature
Reservoir fed mainly by the waters of the Ízbor river, built to improve subtropical irrigation on the Motril and Salobreña coast, supply the Costa de Granada, and act as flood protection.
Los Musiqueros del Santísimo de Béznar
Activity
Procession of Béznar's patron saint festivities, with the traditional retinue of the "Musiqueros del Santísimo Sacramento", whose origin dates back to 1566, in the context of the Alpujarras rebellion.
Castillo de la Lojuela de Murchas
Monument
Ruins of a tower and walled enclosure of the Muslim period in Murchas, used as a small fort and watchtower; next to it, old olive and flour mills and the Acequia de los Arcos are preserved.
Fiestas patronales de Murchas
Activity
Festivities of Murchas in honor of the Virgen de los Desamparados and Santa Lucía, with fireworks and traditional processions.
El Rosario de las Cruces de Murchas
Activity
Tradition of Murchas held on 25 December, commemorating the minimal damage the 1884 Granada earthquake caused in the village; it includes the traditional singing of coplas by men only.
Castillo de Mondújar y termas romanas del Feche
Monument
In addition to the Nasrid castle and the church of San Juan Bautista, Roman baths (Termas del Feche) from the 1st to 4th centuries were discovered in Mondújar in 1983, with a semicircular pool 7 meters in diameter and mosaic floors.
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Mondújar
Curiosity
Writer Pedro Antonio de Alarcón mentioned Mondújar in his 1874 travel account, recalling the last years of Muley Hacén, father of Boabdil, in the village's castle.