Mecina Bombarón is the main town of Alpujarra de la Sierra. The Mecina Bombarón river and the Las Chorreras cascade are the most interesting places of this town. The river is an affluent of the Adra river, where a Roman bridge rises. The Chorreras cascade is in the Mecina Mountain range and to access to it a forest highway has to be crossed.

Places of interest:

- Church of San Miguel: It is a construction of the mid XVIII century, with rectangular plant and with façade over semi-circular arcs with two sides of Arab roofing tile. The facade has a centre section with a simple front decorated with semi-circular arcs on which the fronton leans. The first church was initiated towards 1539 and it was a temple of three sections and differentiated main chapel. The Moorish sacked it and set it afire, reason why in 1582 began its reconstruction using chestnut tree wood.

- Great House. House of Ben Aboo: Although it has not been possible to identify exactly the house of the “Moorish King”, Aben Aboo, the so called Casa Grande de la Plaza Vieja has been restored and dedicated to his memory. What it is conserved is the cortijada of Montenegro, which was property of his family, and in whose surroundings is the place El Salto del Gitano, with a birth of water and stone ovens to prepare country meals. 

- Photography Museum of Mecina Bombarón: Inaugurated in 2000, it gathers 650 photographs of Rafael Vílchez, journalist of the Alpujarra’s newspaper “Ideal”. In the photos the architecture, gastronomy, customs, folklore, culture, legend and innumerable main characters of the different towns that form the region is reflected. It is located in the City council of Alpujarra de la Sierra.

- Roman Bridge of Mecina Bombarón: It is of great architectonic importance and antiquity. It is a bridge of the Royal road that linked Almeria with Granada, located below the modern bridge for the modern traffic.