Pinos Genil
   
  Pinos Genil
   
 
The apartment is 5 minutes walk to the centre of Pinos Genil. With a population of approximately 1600, Pinos Genil is a delightful little village which straddles both sides of the river Genil at the mouth of the Genil Valley. It is just 7 kilometres from the city of Granada, 8 kilometres from the next village of Güejar Sierra and 25 kilometres from the ski resort of Sierra Nevada. Narrow streets lined with Arabic influenced whitewashed houses meander through the old village.
 
 
 
A number of excellent bar/ restaurants with exceptionally reasonable prices, line the riverside including the "Casa Meson Guillermo“, Taberna del Turron“ and the “Cazadores”. Spend the evenings with the locals and enjoy the cool, relaxed atmosphere created by the river flowing by. Facilities available in the village include a bank with ATM, local store, well stocked supermarket and an excellent bakery. The recently restored river walk provides for leisurely strolls or bike rides as far as Granada if you so desire. In the village there are seven typically Spanish restaurants to choose from where you can eat outside under the shade of the numerous trees, observing the slow pace of village life. You can also eat at the two hotels in the village, Hotel Duquesa and Hotel Labella Maria where you can eat either inside or outside.
 
 
 

To get to the village centre, from the apartment, turn left out of the street door, turn left at the corner, walk past the apartments and at the end of the block turn left again. Walk down the slope toward the river and at the bottom turn sharp right and follow the lane by the side of the river into the village.   On entering the village the first restaurant on the right is Taberna del Turron. The second is Casa Guillermo (pronounced Gwee-ermo). Between the two, is an excellent little shop open seven days a week which sells most food you might need during your stay. There is also a larger supermarket down a narrow lane on the right.   Further on you can cross the river via a road bridge (immediately after the new foot bridge). Over the bridge on the right is another good restaurant called La Cazadores. Over the bridge and turning left brings you to Hostel del Patos 100 yards on your right. On leaving the village in the direction of Granada, after you have crossed the bridge, 100 metres on the left, is the restaurant Duqueza which serves excellent steaks and very good red wines and has a log fire in winter.

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Please be aware that all these restaurants serve ‘traditional’ Spanish meals
  
 
5 minutes from Pinos Genil, in the direction of Granada, is Cenes de la Vega with all the amenities of a small town plus a water park.
   
 
Granada regularly averages 300 days of sunshine a year.
     
 
 
 
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