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Arenas Holidays
Quiet little town in the mountains with spectacular sea views |
Quiet little town in the mountains with spectacular sea views
Tourist information about Arenas in Spain. Travel to Arenas and let Spain-Holiday.com guide and accommodate you |
Arenas is in the Axarquía, only 10 kilometres from Vélez-Málaga. To get there one takes the comarcal 117 out of Vélez, then heads up the winding mountain road to Arenas, right in the heart of the Bentomiz mountains.
Along the way one can see the beautiful panoramic landscape to the sea, and half way there - at the venta El Palomar - one enters the municipality of Arenas. Behind us is the old Roman roadway dating from the first century B.C., which linked Arenas to the coast. This old road ran parallel to the river Seco, on the right-hand bank. Further on we reach a group of farm-houses where, in times gone by, the mulateers transporting raisins, wines and silks from Arenas to Torre del Mar rested. These products eventually reached the rest of Europe and the Far East.
The Morisco origin of the town itself is evident in the narrow and winding streets. There is an ancient olive mill and a mural made by the prestigious ceramist Virgilio González at the entrance to the town. The centre itself is all narrow streets, plazas and typical Morisco-style corners adorned with flowers and potted plants. There are three different areas to the town: the Barrio Alto or "Alto del Lugar", where the craftsmen, ceramists and blacksmiths live; the urban centre where the more well-off residents of the town live, an area in which one can see the Town Hall building and the square containing the12th century church-mosque, and the Barrio Bajo or "Cantarranas" where the more humble workers of the town live. The town is 416 metres above sea level, and from any point in it one can see the hill of Bentomiz, with its ancient fortifications in ruins.
Many visitors make the trip to the peak on mules or on foot, and from there one can see over the entire coastline into Africa.
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