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| Acequias Acequias is bar-free but...
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Nigüelas has at least
seven bars including Bar Salvador owned by Lorenzo of horse-riding
fame. It is just below the church in the main square and is
popular with the locals. The tapas is excellent and free as
in all bars in the area, or in Granada for that matter. Lorenzo
runs a large open-air bar just past Salvador on the left. It is
open in summer until late September and does great raciones, or
rations, which are inexpensive. Bar Piolet (right) is the first bar on the way into Niguelas, by car. We like to have a lunchtime session outside here - the tapas is great and they serve cerveza mas grande, or pints, which is by no means universally available. The bar has a mountaineering theme complete with husky dog. A huge herd of goats walks past here twice a day which can be quite alarming if you have just dealt five hands of Poker and not noticed their arrival... |
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There is a new restaurant open on the old road out to Durcal.
Called the Alqueria de los Lentos (left), it is a beautifully
restored and converted olive mill. It's a touch pricier than some of the others
but the setting is wonderful. The interior is all oak panels and beams with garden terraces and gushing water channels outside. The menu is traditional, the quality is excellent and the service is genuine - recommended. It also offers accommodation. |
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Bar Venecia has a great situation - a terrace bar overlooking the
village with a huge palm offering shade. A great place for a
relaxing beer and tapas. There are several other bars and restaurants here - as we are now offering a holiday property in Pinos, and the Bed & Breakfast is here too, we shall be doing more research into the entertainment offered over the coming months. |
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Lecrin Lecrin has a number of bars including our favourite Bar Nuevo owned by Armando and his brother Fabi who also works there. The best tapas around, pints, big screen television for football and bull fighting, pool table and dart board. This is a busy bar with the locals and several British residents use it as well. It's a great place to watch England lose to Brazil... |
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Los Naranjos, situated in Melegis, about 3 miles from Lecrin, is a great
alfresco eatery with the fish being particularly good. They have
wedding and First Holy Communion parties here, complete with hand-held
fireworks! The bar even has it's own label wine which is perfectly acceptable. The spirit measures here are huge - our head researcher can remember having a Ballantyne whisky there which would have knocked a horse out and it was only 1 Euro... |
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| Lanjaron The Resaurante Palamar (right) is easy to find being just off the main street in Lanjaron - there is only one... It has a delightful entrance courtyard and is wonderfully cool. The menu is typical of the Alpujarras region and the service is friendly. There are several other bars and restaurants in the town - as with many other places, just watch where the locals go. |
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Right on the beach at Salobreña are several
really well situated restaurants - El Penon and La Bahia
(right) are great at night or at lunchtime, with seafood particularly recommended. The shingle beach is clean with great views from the rocky headland. Incidentally, our roving gourmet team have spent , oh, dozens of Euros to ensure these short reviews are 100% accurate. |
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| Almuñécar | ||||||
Almuñécar is a buzzy place in the evening - it's
ancient, narrow streets are very reminiscent of Marbella old town. There
are some terrific restaurants - Meson Francisco II comes highly recommended -
and nightclubs too. The La Ventura (below) has Flamenco nights most
weekends.
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| The curiously named Pepe Digame (above), on the beach-front at Almuñecar is also recommended. Excellent tapas and great Pez Espada by a sandy beach. | ||||||
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| Granada There is so much happening in Granada its not worth attempting to do it justice here. Every side street in the city seems to have a bar or restaurant. Just to mention one, Bar Castenada is worth a visit to drink fino from the old barrels - they sometimes let you use a glass... As can be seen, it occasionally attracts the wrong sort but the atmosphere, the hams and the sherry more than make up for it. |
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Some drinks to try... Here is brief a checklist of some of the local offering recommended by our research team. It is not compulsory that you try them all... |
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| Soberano | A decent brandy with, according to our head researcher, a very misleading name. | |||||
| Tinto de Verano | Not unlike sangria - packs a punch. | |||||
| Alhambra Special | Strong bottled beer. | |||||
| Alhambra Negra | Local stout! | |||||
| Mosto | A drinkable local wine. | |||||
| Costa | Wine from the immediate coastal areas. | |||||
| Pacharan | A cross between Pernod and Ribena... | |||||
| Ponché Caballero | A fruity brandy-based liqueur with a deceptive kick. | |||||
| Malaga | A sweet dessert wine from, unsurprisingly, the Malaga region. | |||||
| Fino | The
generic term for dry sherry, of which there are hundreds of labels to
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