Frommer's Review
For decades under Franco's rule, gypsies and the caves and the architecture on their hill, Sacromonte, were scorned. Seen as "undesirables," gypsies were often persecuted. Times have changed. Today their flamenco music is taken seriously, regarded as an art form and approached with a high degree of scholarship.
Combining 10 separate caves, each a former residence or crafts studio, along with common exposition areas and a botanical garden, this is a living, breathing museum of a formerly vital but now-dying way of life. Each of the caves sports whitewashed walls. Many tools are displayed, including a formidable-looking loom and a carpenter's studio. There's also a kiosk selling flamenco recordings and gift items, plus a staff who works to produce an ongoing series of cultural and ecological events that change on a rotating basis.
To reach it, you can walk the steep uphill cobble-covered paths from a point near the top of the Río Darro, from Paseo de los Tristes. This is a continuation of the much-visited Carrera del Darro, just across the ravine from the Alhambra. Or you can take bus no. 31 or 32 from the Plaza Nueva, at the bottom of the hill.
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