
A number of Roman aqueducts are to be found here, one of which stands in the town centre itself. In the past, communications between Cártama and Alhaurîn el Grande were provided by a Roman road...
A number of Roman aqueducts are to be found here, one of which stands in the town centre itself. In the past, communications between Cártama and Alhaurîn el Grande were provided by a Roman road...
Situated on the side of El Picacho hill, it affords spectacular views. Its construction was completed in 1954, when the Cofradîa de la Romerîa was created. It was designed to house the image of the...
Its construction dates back to the 15th or 16th century and it is one of the few examples of well-preserved traditional water-powered mill within the province. It was used to grind wheat and other...
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...
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...
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...
This resort is located in one of the most impressive landscapes in Malaga: the Gaitanes Gorge in the heart of El Chorro. The complex is formed by a set of 27 apartments, for up to 76 people,...
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...
UNIQUENESS This is a stylish country house which was refurbished and turned into a hotel. Due to its location, you can enjoy the inland of the province as well as its coast. This hotel is open...
Alora City Council and the County Council of Malaga have erected this monument in order to give value to the flamenco music and, especially, this specific “palo” (composition) essentially from...
Lauro 27 Golf can be found in the middle of beautiful pure nature in spectacular surroundings. The course counts with 27 holes that can be played in three different combinations, all par 72. From...
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.