Information about the town of Lanjaron
We have lived here permanently in the spa town of Lanjaron since 2002. The town is very friendly, very spanish, and not as "touristy" as some of the other Alpujarras towns. The World Health Organization has recognized Lanjaron as one of the places with the greatest longevity on the planet. It is indeed the quality of its waters - together with the climate, the pure mountain air and the Mediterranean diet - that allows many of its citizens to live more than one hundred years.
The Spa Baths have been the most important mineral-medicinal waters of Andalucia since the 18th century when its healing properties were discovered.
The town hall has an interesting website that provides useful information in both spanish and english.
We can provide details of clean comfortable accommodation in Lanjaron ranging from apartments to country villas and farmhouses.
Eat and Drink
Lanjaron is well supplied with small supermarkets and shops for all
your "mountain needs". There are 3 banks with ATM's
Bar Flower - best tapas bar in town owned by Franci
and Jeni
Bar Los Faroles - family run business good for breakfasts
and lunches
El Volante - good drink and food from Jose Antonio
El Frenazo - Sonia provides good quality meals in a
nice environment
Cafe Bar Health - More of a "Bistro" restaurant with
great food including veggie options!
Recommendation (Liz Parker), "I have just visited Lanjaron for a few days and found it a lovely place for R & R in the mountains. I wanted to make a recommendation for your website. We discovered the 'Ambienza' cafe-deli restaurant in Lanjaron which has been open for 3 months. We ate there a lot and found it extremely friendly and relaxed. The food is superb - an eclectic fusion of different flavours at very affordable prices. They also do breakfasts and a take-away service if you want to take a picnic. It has 5 stars in my book!"
How To get Here
Map for our clients to get aquainted with the town!
The Lanjaron Festival of Water and Ham
Since 1980, Lanjaron has celebrated Midsummer's Eve in honour of San Juan Bautista (John the Baptist) with its Fiesta del Agua y del Jamon (Water and Ham Festival), although the ham aspect has been overshadowed over the years by the liquid element. At the stroke of midnight on 23 June, the small mountain village erupts into the greatest water fight in Spain, and maybe even the world.Famous for its mineral water, Lanjaron is the perfect destination for this crazy water war. Locals make sure they park their cars out of town in anticpation of the liquid onslaught that attracts revellers from all over the country and further afield.
At midnight, participants take to the streets armed with buckets, water pistols, and anything else they can get their hands on. Total strangers soak each other to the skin, while ladies spray the crowd with hose pipes from the safety of their balconies, filling up their buckets in the process.
By the time the whistle blows at the end of the fight, there is a river running through the streets, and all are soaked to the bone. After a quick change of clothes, the cerveza starts pouring, fireworks fill the sky and the real party begins. Over the next few days, revellers celebrate the calm after the storm with a feast of mouthwatering jamon (ham), another product for which Lanjaron is renowned.
The Moorish Castle of Lanjaron
Only its ruins remain over a rocky promontory near to the town. It is located about 600 meters of altitude. Its location was superb, because it dominated, on one hand, the access road to the Alpujarra and, on the other, the one that communicated Granada with the Coast. The castle was surrounded by a wall defended by two great towers of rubblework, one to the north, semi-circular, and another one to the south.Fernando the Catholic King conquered the town in 1490. Its Moorish inhabitants rebelled again in 1500, a revolt that was controlled by the Christians after an epic defence. The captain who defended the place preferred to throw himself from a tower before surrender. It participated in an active way against the Napoleonic troops in the Independence War, its inhabitants receiving the qualifying name of “canoneros” since then.
The castle is currently being rennovated.
Accommodation
Hotel El Sol
Hotel Nuevo Palas
Hotel Paraiso
Complejo Turístico Castillo Alcadima
Hotel Castillo Lanjaron
Hotel Lanjaron
Hotel Espana
Hotel Nuevo Manolete
Lanjaron Fiestas
San Sebastian: 20 January
Carnaval: February
Dia de la Mujer: 8 March
Dia Mundial de Agua: 22 March
Semana Santa (Easter): March or April
Dia del Libro: 23 April
San Marcos: 5 April
Dia de la Cruz: 3 May
San Isidro: 15 May
Corpus Christi: May
San Juan: 24 June
Virgen del Carmen: 16 July
Santa Ana: 26 July
Fiasta de la parva: 1st weekend August
Dia de la Juventud: 10 or 11 August
San Roque: 15 August
Virgen de los Dolores: 21 September
Virgen del Rosario: 1st Sunday October
Virgen del pilar: 12 October
Feria de la Miel: October
Todos los Santos - Fiesta de la Castaña: 1 November
Festival de Tango: November
Santa Cecilia: 22 November
Useful Information
Doctors: C/Huertos. Tlf 958 77 95 78. Open 8am until 10pm. Emergencies tlf 112.
Tourist Information: Avda de la Alpujarra s/n. Tlf 958 77 04 62
Library:_ C/Cordoba, 3. Tlf 958 77 22 16
Post Office: C/Hondillo, 1. Tlf 958 77 07 34
Guardia Civil: C/Melilla. Tlf 958 77 00 05
