Rio Trevélez upstream of the town, early spring

Trevélez is a town in the community of Andalucía, Spain. Its population in 2002 was estimated at 799. The Rio Trevélez is the river that flows through the town. They are located in the western part of the Alpujarras region, in the province of Granada. Download high resolution version (600x800, 494 KB)Rio Trevélez upstream of the town of Trevélez. ... Download high resolution version (600x800, 494 KB)Rio Trevélez upstream of the town of Trevélez. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87 268 km²  17,2% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 1st  7 478 432  17,9%  85,70/km² Demonym... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Las Alpujarras is a mountainous district in Southern Spain, which stretches south from the Sierra Nevada mountains near Granada in the autonomous region of Andalucía. ... Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ...

Located at a height of 1,476 metres, the town of Trevélez is the highest recognised municipality in Spain. It lies at the confluence of the Rio Trevélez with a smaller stream, to the southwest of Mulhacén, the highest peak of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It is divided into three parts, the Alto, Medio and Bajo Barrios, with 200 metres of altitude difference between the highest and lowest points. The Bajo (low) Barrio is a significant tourist centre, while the Medio and Alto Barrios are more typically Alpujarran in style, though tourism is important to the economy of the entire town. Mulhacén is the highest mountain in continental Spain. ... The Sierra Nevada, meaning snowy range in Spanish, is a mountain range in the region of Andalusia in Spain. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...

The town lies to the west of the Rio Trevélez, and the only bridge over the river is in the Bajo (low) Barrio. To the west, the nearest town is Busquistar, one of the villages that make up the district of La Tahá; the road through the Bajo Barrio continues to the east and south to Juviles and Torvizcón.

Trevélez is famous for the quality of its air-cured hams, a speciality throughout the Alpujarras but particularly associated with the town because the cold climate due to its altitude makes for ideal conditions for storing them. Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ...

The Rio Trevélez rises in the Sierra Nevada to the north of the town, and flows south and west from Trevélez, through a narrow gorge to the south of the La Tahá villages, eventually converging with the Rio Poqueira shortly before flowing into the Rio Guadalfeo.