Sacromonte is the birthplace of Spanish flamenco, a dance created by Spain’s gitano, or Romani, community.Many members of the community, like Henrique Amaya, continue to live in the caves as a ...

Photographer and travel blogger Matthew Karsten visited Sacromonte’s gypsy neighbourhood and spent a night in the caves. Around 30-40 nomads or gypsies live high in the hills in the rustic dwelling.

Flamenco in Sacromonte is ranked #5 out of 13 things to do in Granada. ... When the Arabs ruled Granada, the caves then became dwellings. ... The area is still considered a gypsy neighborhood, ...

In southern Spain, thousands of people live completely unplugged — in caverns. The province of Granada has about 11,800 caves carved into the mountains in an area that UNESCO has listed as a ...

A young English traveler and biographer, MICHAEL SWAN, now in his early thirties, free-lances where he pleases and writes about the people and places that invite his pen. He is the author of Ilex ...

Forts, palaces, centuries-old cathedrals, intriguing alleys, beats of flamenco…live life king-size in this Moorish town ...