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Many hotels in the Alpujarras shut down for winter and can be closed from the end of autumn until just before Easter. Some will just close for January and others will close for Christmas and New Year, when family becomes more important than paying guests. Bear this in mind when planning a winter visit.

NOTABLE FIESTAS

 Trevélez – Fiesta of San Antonio (13 and 14 June); Saint Benedict (11 July); Mulhacén pilgrimage to the Virgen de las Nieves (5 August); cattle show (19 and 20 October).

 Capileira – Fiesta de la Virgen de la Cabeza (last Sunday in April); also a second fiesta for the same saint during the second week in August; romería (pilgrimage) to Mulhacén (5 August); Fiesta de la Castaña (beginning of November).

 Órgiva – San Sebastian (20 January); procession on Maundy Thursday; Fería Hecho en la Alpujarra (Holy Week); Fiesta Virgen de la Fe (14 June); Fería Grande (end of September).

 Lanjarón – Fiesta de San Juan (around 21–25 June) – carnivals, processions and the world’s biggest water fight!