Next to the ancient Hospital de la Caridad (founded by the Reyes Catolicos in the 18th century, is the Iglesia de San Andrês, from the 16th century. It was commissioned by the Franciscan monks and...
This region is placed in the west of Malaga and is named after the Valley of the River Guadalhorce at the entrance of the city. It is located in a privileged enclave, near to the capital, the Costa del Sol, the National Park Sierra de las Nieves, the gorge Los Gaitanes and the collection of reservoirs El Chorro, as well as the Mountains of Malaga.
After collecting the waters of the region Antequera and crossing the mountain gorge Los Gaitanes, the river Guadalhorce grows up and forms its own valley, the Valle del Guadalhorce that is considered the most important of Malaga province. The valley, which is at the same time a fertile field of orchards and a way for people, and an amphitheatre of mountains providing water, shelter and landscape. There are vegetable gardens dotted with farmhouses and hamlets, crossed by highways, roads, railways and canals; vegetable gardens which cover the ground of the valley and climb in form of plots over hillocks and hills; they conclude the landscape full of life that struggles between what is and what might have been. In the east of Coin, the villages of the valley move closer to the mountains and bring valley and mountain range together. Between Monda and Guaro, nearby villages of the Sierra de las Nieves rise up to the vegetable gardens the plots, reaching the surroundings of the village, and get there between olive trees and dry land, which marks the border of the meadow and the mountains. The mountain range is mixed with firs and chestnut trees. After them, the landscape climbs up between old firs and the tremendous cliff Los Horcajos to the peaks of the mountains to reach the shady fields and flatland in which the Spanish fir and centenary gall-oaks are registered. And this is also the Valley of Guadalhorce.
One of the peculiarities of this area is the existence of microclimate as a consequence of the plateaus, the location, the sea level, the plain, and the slopes that result in the mildest winters in the whole province. This characteristic climate, without extreme temperatures, converts this area into an ideal place for leisure, sports, cultural and gastronomic activities.
Although officially there is only one Natural Park (the gorge Los Gaitanes), there is a great variety of natural spots and places of environmental interest in the surrounding mountains as well as in the valley.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Citrus fruits, milk products and pickles.
CRAFTWORK
Products of palm leaves and clay.
FORESTRY
Tree nursery, aromatic plants.
INDUSTRY
Extractive industries, natural medicinal products, cosmetics, perfumery, meat and jams.
TOURISM
Rural, active and health tourism.
More English information of Valle del Guadalhorce on the website of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board.
Image El Chorro I and II Hydroelectric Power Station’s canal (Álora and Ardales) - El Caminito del Rey Path [Hydraulic Heritage
Álora
GENERAL INFORMATION • Heritage Value: High • Landscape Value: High • Condition: Medium state of repair • Type of hydraulic structure: Canal • Stage of the Great Málaga Path: Stage 20. Embalses de...
Image Located next to the train station, this hermitage dated back to XVIth century which is the same date that is given to the fresco on the inside.
The river flow is low most of the year, which favors the creation of ponds that are very suitable for observation. Accessed from the petrol station at km 47 of the road A-357, where you can easily...
The Aquaduct and the King’s Bridge (Up to km 3.5) You depart south-west El Peñón de Zapata from the roundabout at the intersection of the A-7052 and Las Américas Avenue, heading north through...
The heart of this town conceals a series of underground caves carved many centuries ago from the terrain of El Albaicîn by the currents of water that ran through it. A natural landscape cut from...
Image This festival has been declared to be of Tourist Interest by the Provincial Council of Málaga. Please check with the local Town Hall or Municipal Tourism Office for the festival date before...
Image This festival has been declared to be of Tourist Interest by the Provincial Council of Málaga. Please check with the local Town Hall or Municipal Tourism Office for the festival date before...
Image This festival has been declared to be of Tourist Interest by the Provincial Council of Málaga. Please check with the local Town Hall or Municipal Tourism Office for the festival date before...
Image The Restaurant Bohemia started in 1991 in a small premise in Coin (in the Valle del Azahar, inland of the Costa del Sol), a village surrounded by small hills and orchards of fruit trees, only 20...
Image UNIQUENESS Cortijo del Arte Hotel and El Museo Restaurant were opened in 2011 in an old Arabian cattle ranch, on theAndalusian farm Casablanca. It is placed by the Guadalhorce River, stretching for...
Image This resort is located only 3 miles from the town of Alora and only 35 minutes from Malaga. Customers can enjoy a menu with over 90 different dishes and about one hundred different wines of its own...
Image The Viewpoint at the Town Hall Square offers an astonishing panoramic view of the lower part of the village with traditional citrus fruit orchards in the Guadalhorce Valley. In the background, you...
Image It is placed on the Las Torres Hill. A famous popular romance poem, named 'La Bien Cercada' [Well Protected One], is written on the walls of the castle. From the entrance to the castle you...