What to do and see in Province of Granada, Andalucia: The Best Shopping

After years of experience working on taracea we are able now to manufacture pieces similar to the majestic furniture of the Alhambra. We decorate interior rooms with ornaments in the "mudejar"style, paneling, doors, furniture, etc., using techniques like the taracea, carvings, embossed leather, gilding, polychroming, cast iron and others; techniques accumulated over our years of experience recreating a proper granadian style or even european style.

Munira Mendonca, from California, began working with leather in the 70’s when she arrived to Bubion, a village in southern Spain, in the province of Granada. It was there that she learned and developed a passion for this traditional craft.Now we find her workshop in the lovely old city of Granada where Islamic art pervades. This influence is strong in “Munira” products. Over the years the workshop has become a family business which designs and hand crafts its unique range of leather articles. The actual height of expression has been achieved through the use of ancient embossing and polychrome techniques that survive, at least in Granada, in the hands of the last master, Diego Campos Mariscal. Munira is both proud of and profoundly grateful for his teaching and collaboration. Our study of ancient designs and calligraphies as well as our use of traditional tools situate our items well within the leather tradition of Spain; a rich but dying tradition that spans many hundreds of years.

The ”Artisan for one day” course is an introduction to weaving a “jarapa” rug on a manual loom and a way of getting a feeling for the workshop and the fabric, in which you will be able to weave a rug using the colours of your choice and the design you like best. It is a chance to make a rug with your own hands which you will then be able to enjoy with the satisfaction that you wove it.

artisan chocolate factory in the heart of the Alpujarras , particularly in Pitres , where you can see and taste all the products we produce . We also have two services and cafeteria service .

A not-for-profit association for the promotion of art and music. A Sculpture Garden with up to 200 sculptures from international artists set in a Botanical Garden, often featuring live Baroque music. Open only by appointment - please contact by phone or email to arrange a date and time.

Galeria Alea is an art space, a gallery, a shop, an atelier of two artists, Eugen Badurina and Tim Adami, who promote local art though the idea of souvenirs which hare in an accessible price range. The art works are hand made; unique pieces or limited editions of a larger collection; some elegant and some provocative ones.