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Welcome to Alcaucin,
Thank you for visiting our website, we have a huge knowledge of Alcaucin and most of the Axarquia. We are in the process of visiting every town and village to get information and to find advertisers and of course sample the local restaurantes.
If you are thinking of a holiday in Alcaucin or perhaps buying a property or looking for information on Schools in Alcaucin then you will find a company within these pages that can help.
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Alcaucin is a pretty village, located 54 kilometres from Malaga and 25 kilometres from the coast at Torre del Mar. At an altitude of 510 metres, Alcaucin is situated on the lower western slope of La Maroma in the Sierra Tejeda mountain range. It lies within the area of Axarquia, on the scenic Route of Olive Oil and Mountains, and has a population of 1,500. The nearby small village of Venta Baja is situated within the municipality of Alcaucin.
The town, surrounded by pine trees which descend the sides of Tejeda up to its highest side, looks out onto a landscape of olive grove covered hills, vines and small orchards which extend to the end of the valley by Venta Baja, the Puente de Don Manuel and Zalía. From there, by the ruins of the old castle in Zalía, the landscape ascends to the highland in long hilly pastures which are overlooked by the Espino enclave, and emerges into the province of Granada by the Boquete de Zafarraya, between cliffs and cliffheads.
The most prominent conrner of Alcaucín is Alcázar. There, Sierra Tejeda breaks out into deep ravines where the fast flowing water of the highland is swept through to the stream of Alcázar, among pine trees and other shore trees. So much beauty could not be overlooked by the first settlers of the province and in full prehistory, man found shelter in the caves near the Boquete de Zafarraya, where in 1983 remains of the Neanderthal man were found, whom the archaeologists baptized the Zafarrayan man. But it wasn’t until the Muslim era that the existence of an important settlement in the area was known. The Arabs took advantage of a fort the Phoenicians built next to the river Zalía and they named the town Al Cautín, which means The Bows. In 1487 it was conquered by the Christians, but the inhabitants who were mainly Moors, took their stand in the revolt of the 16th century. On the 24th of April in 1569, the Moor, Andrés de Xorairán attacked the village, but the rebellion was dourly suffocated by the Christian Armies.
Places of scenic or picturesque interest. Surrounded by hills planted with olive groves, vines and pines, Alcaucín presents the typical features of the white villages of the Axarquía. In the middle of the town centre there is a small square in which the church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario stands, built in the 17th century and restored. In the highest part is the cemetery and the hermitage of Jesus del Calvario from the 18th century, from where there is a magnificent panorama of the town and the estates scattered around. There are places of great wild beauty, such as the Farallones del Tajo de la Cueva (1,300m.), the Morón de la Cuña ( 1.222m.), the Loma de las Monjas (850m), and Las Majadas, which used to be sulphurous and ferrous baths.
Thank you for visiting our website, we have a huge knowledge of Alcaucin and most of the Axarquia. We are in the process of visiting every town and village to get information and to find advertisers and of course sample the local restaurantes.
If you are thinking of a holiday in Alcaucin or perhaps buying a property or looking for information on Schools in Alcaucin then you will find a company within these pages that can help.
Thank you paying us a visit and be sure to mention us to any business that you contact.
The team at www.theguidetospain.com
Alcaucin is a pretty village, located 54 kilometres from Malaga and 25 kilometres from the coast at Torre del Mar. At an altitude of 510 metres, Alcaucin is situated on the lower western slope of La Maroma in the Sierra Tejeda mountain range. It lies within the area of Axarquia, on the scenic Route of Olive Oil and Mountains, and has a population of 1,500. The nearby small village of Venta Baja is situated within the municipality of Alcaucin.
The town, surrounded by pine trees which descend the sides of Tejeda up to its highest side, looks out onto a landscape of olive grove covered hills, vines and small orchards which extend to the end of the valley by Venta Baja, the Puente de Don Manuel and Zalía. From there, by the ruins of the old castle in Zalía, the landscape ascends to the highland in long hilly pastures which are overlooked by the Espino enclave, and emerges into the province of Granada by the Boquete de Zafarraya, between cliffs and cliffheads.
The most prominent conrner of Alcaucín is Alcázar. There, Sierra Tejeda breaks out into deep ravines where the fast flowing water of the highland is swept through to the stream of Alcázar, among pine trees and other shore trees. So much beauty could not be overlooked by the first settlers of the province and in full prehistory, man found shelter in the caves near the Boquete de Zafarraya, where in 1983 remains of the Neanderthal man were found, whom the archaeologists baptized the Zafarrayan man. But it wasn’t until the Muslim era that the existence of an important settlement in the area was known. The Arabs took advantage of a fort the Phoenicians built next to the river Zalía and they named the town Al Cautín, which means The Bows. In 1487 it was conquered by the Christians, but the inhabitants who were mainly Moors, took their stand in the revolt of the 16th century. On the 24th of April in 1569, the Moor, Andrés de Xorairán attacked the village, but the rebellion was dourly suffocated by the Christian Armies.
Places of scenic or picturesque interest. Surrounded by hills planted with olive groves, vines and pines, Alcaucín presents the typical features of the white villages of the Axarquía. In the middle of the town centre there is a small square in which the church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario stands, built in the 17th century and restored. In the highest part is the cemetery and the hermitage of Jesus del Calvario from the 18th century, from where there is a magnificent panorama of the town and the estates scattered around. There are places of great wild beauty, such as the Farallones del Tajo de la Cueva (1,300m.), the Morón de la Cuña ( 1.222m.), the Loma de las Monjas (850m), and Las Majadas, which used to be sulphurous and ferrous baths.
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Council 952 51 00 02
Ambulatorio 952 51 70 10
Bomberos 952 50 05 29
Ambulancia 952 50 03 21
Taxi 952 51 70 03
Guardia Civil 952 50 01 48
Council 952 51 00 02
Ambulatorio 952 51 70 10
Bomberos 952 50 05 29
Ambulancia 952 50 03 21
Taxi 952 51 70 03
Guardia Civil 952 50 01 48