Frigiliana

Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España

Samu73Frigiliana CC BY 2.0
UvieinAyuntamiento de Frigiliana CC BY-SA 4.0
Miguel FrutosFestival 3 culturas CC BY 2.0
gildemaxFrigiliana 08 October.2006 CC BY-SA 2.5
Quintin SolovievFrigiliana, Spain CC BY 4.0
Samu73San Antonio Church Frigiliana CC BY 2.0
gildemaxFrigiliana 24 October.2006 CC BY-SA 2.5
Liberaler HumanistWalls in Frigiliana, 29.07.2015 CC BY-SA 3.0
niall62 from Paris, FranceFrigiliana (15694556272)CC BY-SA 2.0
Liberaler HumanistView towards the mountains from Calle Cuesta del Apero, Frigilliana CC BY-SA 3.0
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Steep cobbled alleys wind between white, flower-hung houses in the old Moorish quarter of Frigiliana, on the southern slopes of the Sierra de Almijara a few kilometres inland from Nerja. Ceramic panels on its walls tell of the Morisco uprising and the battle of the Peñón de Frigiliana in 1569. A Renaissance palace, El Ingenio, still makes Europe's only cane honey.

Highlights

El Ingenio, a 16th-century palace now making sugar-cane honey
Fountain in Calle del Inquisidor with cross, crescent and Star of David
Festival of the Three Cultures, four days at the end of August
Hiking in the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama natural park
Locally made Moscatel wine

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Frigiliana (ES), Frigiliana (EN)), Wikivoyage (Frigiliana (ES), Frigiliana (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 3,383

Things to see

Palacio de los Condes de Frigiliana (ES)
Casa Rudofsky (ES)
Museo Arqueológico de Frigliana (ES)

Events through the year

Feast of Saint Sebastian Religious · 20 JanuaryPatron saint's day
Carnival Seasonal · February
Holy Week Religious · Friday before Holy Week to Easter SundayProcessions on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday
Sugar cane honey day Food and wine · Between April and May
Día de la Cruz Religious · 3 May
Feast of Saint Anthony Religious · 13 JunePatron saint's day, with a fair
Brass band gathering Music and arts · Mid-August
Festival Frigiliana 3 Culturas Music and arts · Last weekend of August, four daysChristian, Muslim and Jewish heritage; stage shows, street performers, tapas route

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Frigiliana (ES), Frigiliana (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Local food & wine

ChotoDishYoung goat, the town's best-known dish
Moscatel wineWineSweet wine made in the village
PhotoexpoMelado (redução de caldo de cana para fazer rapadura)CC BY-SA 4.0
Miel de cañaSweetMade at El Ingenio, Europe's only working cane honey factory
ArropíaSweet
Nanow jesús madridMigas CC BY-SA 3.0
MigasDish
MarcochasSweet

Adapted from Wikipedia (Frigiliana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

8 places to stay within 3 km

Hotels 4
B&Bs and guest houses 4

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Balneario de Lanjarón (ES) · ~54 min by car
Thermal spa: Los Baños de Vilo · ~56 min by car
Hot spring: Zwavelbad · ~56 min by car
Thermal spa: Baño Grande · ~1 h 02 by car
Thermal spa: Baño Chico · ~1 h 02 by car
Hot spring: Alhama de Granada · ~1 h 16 by car

Nearby member villages

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Bubión · 51 km
Capileira · 51 km
Trevélez · 61 km
Zuheros · 92 km