Birthplace-Museum
of Federico García Lorca in Fuente Vaqueros
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Fuente
Vaqueros is the town where Federico Garcia Lorca came into the
world, but it was not until 1986, fifty years after his axecution,
that the house was opened to the public. Nowadays the visitor con
visit the house where family objects, manuscripts and works by Lorca
and his friends (Caballero, Alberti, Dalí, etc) have been
conserved.
The
musseum run a permanent programme of activities.
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House-Musseum Federico García Lorca in Valderrubio
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Federico
lived during the first years of his life surrounded by golden poplar
groves, green fields and the Sierra Nevada mountains as a backdrop in
the town of Valderrubio. Shortly after being born in Fuente
Vaqueros he moved to his house where the visitor can enjoy the
settting in the poet lived.
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Alfacar, The Gorge and Viznar
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Alfacar,
a village famous for its waters and the local bread industry, is
located in the Federico García Lorca Park, at the place where
it is belived that the poet was assassinated. A wall, with fargments
of his poems etched on blue painted ceramic tiles, surrounds the main
square.
Viznar
is where he spent his hours. Close to the town is the Viznar Gorge
where it is thought that his reamains, toguether withm those of other
victims, are buried. Nearby is the windmill, Molino d la Venta,
converted into an ethnografical musseum. Annother place of interest
is the Our Lady of Fatima shrine, the first Christian
cementary in Granada and a place of extraordinary landscapes.
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Huerta de San Vicente. The García Lorca Park. Granada.
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Huerta de San Vicente was the summerresidence of the García
Lorca family between 1926 and 1936. It was there that Federico García
Lorca wrote some of his most important works. 'Once Five Years Pass'
(1934) or 'Divan' (1931-1936) amng others.
The
house contains original furniture, househole utensils and decoration
as well as pieces by contemporary artist and friends of Federico
García Lorca such as Salvador Dalí, Rafael Albeti,
Hermenegildo Lanz and Santiago Ontañon, to name but a few.
Musseum run a permanent programme of activities.
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An
excelent way of getting to know the universe of Federico García
Lorca, is by discovering the corners of his childhood and youth. You
will be able to take a close look at an interesting collection of
works and original edition of the poet and of other artists, and
admire the wonderfull sight offered by the fertile lowland of
Granada.
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General Conditions:
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The tecnical arrangements for this route have been made by VISTA TRAVEL
S.A., a wholesale/retail travel agency besd in Granda, Licence Nº
AN 18259-3, Tax Number A-18224089, and sponsored by the Local
Govermment in Granada throught the provincial Tourist Office.
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LEGALITY AND ACCEPTANCE OF GENERAL CONDITIONS
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The
General conditions are subject to the provisions of the Combined
Travel Act 21/1995 of 6th July (BOE 7.7.1995), Act 26/1984
of 13th April on the General Termsfor contracting (BOE
14.4.98) andAct 26/1984 of 19th July regarding Consumer
Protection (BOE 24.7.64), and any other providion in force. There
conditions, signed by the contracting parties, shall be included in
clntracts for combined excursions that offer the programmes contained
in the programme-brochure, and shall be binding on the parties, with
the specific conditions set out in the contract or the travel
documents provided at the time of the contract or stated in the
travel documents provided at the time of signing the contract.
The
fact of participating in any excursion or travel service offerd in
this programme shall imply the total acceptance by the traveller of
all of the general conditions.
Fare: 34 euros.
Departures Friday and saturdays at 9:30
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Itinerary:
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NOTICE:
The order of the visits can it turns altered by adaptation to
schedules of visits of the diferent musseums.
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9:30
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Departure from
Granada
Paseo
del Violón, Stopped Bus toguether exit parking of
Congresses Palace
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Visit
the birthplace musseum
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Valderrubio
Visit
the summer residence
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Luch
in restaurant
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Alfacar
Visit
the Alfacar Park
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Between Alfacar and
Viznar
Visit
the Gorge
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Víznar
Visit
the etnografic musseum at Molino de la Venta
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Víznar
Stroll
up to the Víznar shrine
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!7:30
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Departure for return to Granada
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18:00
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Granada
Arrival and visit to
La Huerta de San Vicente in the García Lorca Park
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19:00
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Granada
End of Excursion
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Reservation Charming accommodation in Granada |