Hotel Rural Finca Los Llanos

Finca Los Llanos is a rural hotel at the entrance to Capileira, the highest village in the Poqueira gorge, at 1,436 metres. It opened in 1990 and has 44 rooms spread over three buildings, each named after a writer who left a mark on the Alpujarra, Gerald Brenan, Washington Irving and Federico García Lorca, and each with its own decor. Down below, along the gorge, the Poqueira river flows from the snows of Sierra Nevada.

Seven types of room

The hotel has rooms for every size of trip. Singles with one bed; standard doubles, with two beds together or a double bed, in the three buildings and with different orientations, some with a balcony; superior doubles, all with a terrace or balcony; triples with three beds, some with a balcony; quadruples with four beds and a balcony; and family rooms, of at least 20 m², with two 120 cm beds for two adults and two children. All have a private bathroom, with bath or shower, and free wifi. The cot costs €8.80 a day.

Booking on its website gets a 5% discount. Prices change with the date and are checked in its booking engine.

Pool, garden and restaurant

The hotel has a pool, open in season, and a vegetable garden. The house restaurant is Gloria, in the same complex on the Sierra Nevada road, with its own website. The hotel website does not publish check-in and check-out times, pet conditions or parking details: ask on 958 76 30 71 or at [email protected].

The gateway to the high mountains

The location is the reason to sleep here if you come to walk. From the hotel you walk down to the centre of Capileira and its museum, and from Capileira leaves the National Park's High Peaks minibus, which in summer and autumn climbs to the Alto del Chorrillo, at 2,700 metres, the starting point of the climb up Mulhacén. From the upper district of the village starts the La Cebadilla trail, which descends to the river and the old power station.

For a two-day getaway through the villages, the weekend in the Alpujarra suggests a route and stops.