Pinos del Valle Pinos del Valle is divided into two distinct barrios each with it’s own church. The upper church is the old Hermitage of San Sebastian and was built in 1830. The Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepcion in the lower barrio dates from the sixteenth century. The village is located in a stunning position on the hillside above the Beznar reservoir with views of the high Sierra and the Alpujarras. Set high above the village is the Hermitage of "el Cristo del zapato" (the Christ of the shoe). Pinos has shops, bars, a pharmacy and a good bakery near the upper square. The fiestas are at the beginning of May for the Santo Cristo del Zapato, when the whole village makes a pilgrimage to the Hermitage, and again in mid August for San Roque.   Back to the villages of the Lecrin Valley Map of the Lecrin Valley