For nearly 20 years, Paco the painter from Madrid has been patiently daubing faithful images of the quaint villages and mountain scenes of the high Alpujarra in Granada. The long-haired maestro emerges from a cloud of smoke in his studio to welcome you with a grand smile to his shop and art gallery in Capileira. It is filled with oil paintings and watercolours by him and other artist residents of this special mountain community.

Between two bars with terraces on the main square, Capileira, Granada. More on this area with picture of the village at: www.rusticaltravel.com/index.php/Alpujarras-Guide.html

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This bar and restaurant although named “The Pizzeria” is Spanish run and not to be compared with the typical pizza restaurant nor the typical takeaway!
Although a restaurant offering a good range of meals and great ambience, it is also a bar for local people and visitors alike.

Perched on a stool at the bar, drinking a wine or beer you will be handed a tapas for each drink you order. It is included in the price and you don’t get a choice. The lack of choice turns out to be an advantage; with each round something different, freshly cooked and delicious that you don’t know the name of, is placed before you. This of course is the trick used to impress and interest you into ordering another round, before you leave, just to see what might be the next offering. Eventually falling off the stool or turning to alcoholic-free beer is your choice.

Seated at the bar, you will also be entertained by a confident chef whipping up fresh dishes at an impressive rate. Given the chance he will also want to tell you all about them, their ingredients, from whose garden they came, and when, all while whipping, slicing, ducking and diving.

It’s a great value visit.

The Granada province has long had fame for its free tapas, although it is a matter of judgement for the traveller to choose the right establishment. Some rules of thumb are:
The posher the place, poorer the tapas.
Go for a bar where you have seen lots of locals.
Choose the right time of day (an hour or so before Spanish lunch or dinnertime).
Tapas are not generally offered with spirits.

Also, remember that the tapas, if offered free, is a courtesy given and not a right to demand.

It is opposite the church, in The village of Capileira, 90 minutes drive from the city of Granada, in the area known as La Alpujarra.

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