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VALLE DE GENAL

Thanks to the relative inaccessability of the valley for many centuries, the residents of the pueblos still maintain a distinctly mozarabic look and dialect.

From it's source near Igualeja to the confluence with the Rio Guadiaro below Gaucin, the Rio Genal is one of Andalucia's last pristine rivers. The 15 villages of the Genal valley all share the same Moorish heritage of whitewashed walls and labryinthine alleyways.

The upper part of the valley is known as the Alto Genal, made up of the pueblos of Cartajima, Igualeja, Pujerra, Parauta, Juzcar, Farajan and Alpandeire.The lower, or Bajo Genal, is comprised of the villages Atajate, Benadalid, Banalauria, Benarraba, Algatocin, Jubrique, Genalguacil, and Gaucin.