Local amenities and facilities, shops and restaurants in the Alpujarras of Andalucia, southern Spain

Local amenities

Shops and Banks

The village of Pitres is a short walk away from Cortijo Opazo. Here can be found a well stocked supermarket, butchers, bakers, hardware store, bank (with cash machine accepting most cards), chemist and a 24 hour health centre. On Fridays there is a lively market that attracts people from the local area. Best buys here are fruit and vegetables. Portugos is also a short walk in the opposite direction and offers a similar range of shops and services.

The villages of the Poqueira gorge - Pampaneira, Bubion and Capileira - are about 10 minutes away by car and offer an excellent selection of shops selling arts and crafts and other tourist paraphernalia. Trevelez, the highest town in Spain, is 20 minutes by car and has a similar array of shops selling rugs, pottery, ceramics, esparto grass baskets and the most important product of this region, air cured ham.

Bars and Restaurants

The villages of Pitres and Portugos, both just over 1 km away, have a selection of bars, hotels and restaurants serving food, drink and tapas.

Also within walking distance the lower villages of La Taha have between them a bar selling tasty homemade pizzas, a French owned vegetarian restaurant, a hotel with full restaurant menu and a traditional Spanish bar/restaurant selling delicious home cooked meals of fantastic value.

Beyond the immediate area the nearby mountain towns of Pampaneira, Bubion, Capileira and Trevelez have an extensive selection of bars and restaurants offering superb Spanish cuisine.