Yegen has universal fame after being immortalized by the English Gerald Brenan in the pages of his book “To the south of Granada”. The Hispanic writer explains this way his attraction by the place where at the beginning of the twenties of the XX century he decided to establish his residence: "The place had something that was attractive to me. It was a poor village, elevated over the sea, with an immense view in front of it. Their grey houses in cubical form, with a notched similar to the Le Corbusier style, in fast descent by the slope of the hill and stuck one to the other, with their greda flat roofs and their small smoky chimneys, they suggested something built by insects ".

To visit this town offers the opportunity to know the typical architecture of the Alpujarra. With steep streets, the tinaos and roofs of their houses serve as exits for others, forming a stepped structure. Its location makes of Alpujarra de la Sierra the ideal place to make contact with nature, or to practice trekking or following the routes on horse or in bicycle. It also has on a wide range of rural houses. It is still open to the public the pension where Don Geraldo stayed, as it is known Brenan in Yegen, before renting the house that would be his home during fourteen years and that today is one of the attractions of the town.

Museums and monuments

- Church of the Dulce Nombre del Niño Jesús: Old mosque decorated with caisson of the XVI century. Without tower and of a single section, it houses an image of the Niño Jesus, who is the patron of the town. In the facade it displays two semi-circular arcs and cover.

- Fuente de los Tres Caños: The water is an element of extreme importance in this surrounding and from here derives the abundance of fountains in the Alpujarra’s towns. Yegen has also the fountain of the church square, the fountain of the old bakery, the one of the low neighbourhood and the pila fountain.

- Gerald Brenan house: The so called House of the English, where the writer lived during 14 years, is one of the main tourist attractions of Yegen, where studious of his work pilgrimage.

- Laundry La Camellona: It is located in the lowest part of the town, where a fountain and a laundry joint.

- Photography Museum of Yegen: It houses a small exhibition of images of the town and its people taken since 1959 to 1989 by Danish villager Van Hannsen.