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Almachar Holidays
Come to Almachar and go to the heart of a white mountain village! |
Come to Almachar and go to the heart of a white mountain village!
Tourist information about Almachar in Spain. Travel to Almachar and let Spain-Holiday.com guide and accommodate you |
Almáchar rises over a small hill between the Borge and Almáchar rivers, in the heart of the labyrinth landscape of the Axarquía mountains.
Surrounded by vineyards, olives and cereals, it stretches its lands by the bowl of the river Almáchar, from the Almachar low ridge (334 m.) to the Vallejo peak (609 m.) to the south.
The farmhouses stand out with their typical hillsides where the grapes are laid out to dry, later to be turned into raisins, as well as their plots by the river banks which ascend in vegetable patches, citrus and fruit groves up to the edge of the town. The best panoramas are seen from the town square looking towards the town of El Borge.
The origins of the town would have to be found in the times of the Arabs, who named it and means - prairie place. In the 16th century, according to the chronicles, various families dedicated to pasture lands occupied the area when the Moors abandoned the lands.
The legend relates that under one of the town’s fountains, near the river Almáchar, there is a cave where the Moors buried an important treasure before they were expelled. There is another legend that relates that the Cristo de la Banda Verde or Misericordia saved some sailors who were shipwrecked in front of the coasts of Málaga.
Going to the sea takes just 20 minutes driving to the coast. Torre del Mar beach is a very nice one in this area and it has one of the longest promenades in Europe.
You can enjoy the typical mountain village life style. People is really friendly and tourists alwasys are very wellcome to this little town.
There is a big production of Moscatel grape in Almachar lands, to make Malaga typical sweet wine very delicious to taste.
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