Capileira Town Hall

Capileira has no tourist office as such: the information is given by the Town Hall itself, at Calle Barranco de Poqueira, 10. It is open to the public Monday to Friday, from 10:00 to 14:00, on the phone 958 76 30 51 and by email at [email protected] or [email protected]. Its website, capileira.es, has a tourism section with the essentials for the visit.

What the Town Hall publishes

The municipal website lists the trails that leave from the village, the church's opening hours, the usual Alsa bus timetables and the area's services. It also has a tourism app, the Capileira App, free on the App Store and Google Play, with routes, places of interest and events, and an online guide to trails and nature.

Trails

Two signposted trails leave the village which the Town Hall highlights:

• PR-A 69, La Cebadilla hamlet route: a circuit that leaves Capileira and descends to the old hamlet of the Poqueira river hydroelectric power station. On the La Cebadilla trail sheet you have distance and time.
• PR-A 70, Poqueira villages route: a circuit through the gorge that passes through Bubión and Pampaneira and crosses the historic Chiscal bridge. More detail on the Poqueira villages trail.

The Town Hall advises avoiding the middle hours of the day in summer and expecting cold and snow in winter.

Church and museum

The parish church of Santa María de la Cabeza is open Wednesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00, until 21:00 in summer; group visits are arranged on 698 454 085. The Pedro Antonio de Alarcón House-Museum, a museum of folk arts and customs in a municipal manor house, is the village's other visit; the website does not publish its hours, so ask at the Town Hall. The sheets on Capileira and its museum tell the story.

High mountains and transport

In summer, the company SIAC-Sur runs the High Peaks minibus from Capileira to the Alto del Chorrillo, at 2,700 metres, the starting point of the climb up Mulhacén; booking is recommended on 671 56 44 06 or at [email protected]. For information on the Sierra Nevada natural area, the Town Hall refers visitors to the Pampaneira information point, in the Plaza de la Libertad. To arrive or return without a car, see the Alsa bus from Granada.

Tips

The Town Hall closes in the afternoon and at weekends, just when most people arrive. If you need something specific, such as the museum's or the minibus's hours, call on a weekday before the trip or download the app.