Las Alpujarras is a mountainous district in Southern Spain, which stretches south from the Sierra Nevada mountains near Granada in the autonomous region of Andalusia. The sunshine can be so harsh that looking over the wide mountain views can be troubled with the heat and moist in the air. Living in that region sometimes resembles to reside in a desert. Silence prevails over the squeecks of predator birds…

The region consists principally of valleys which descend at right angles from the crest of the Sierra Nevada on the north, to the Sierras Almijara, which separate it from the Mediterranean Sea, to the south. The steepness of the land means that the houses in the villages seem to be piled on top of another, and their characteristic flat roofs, distinctive roofed chimneys, and balconies extending across the steep narrow streets give them a unique and picturesque appearance.