Lucainena de las Torres
Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España
The towers in Lucainena's name recall a medieval wall where six towers guarded a seventh, the refuge of villagers during sieges. The village stands at about 550 metres in the Sierra Alhamilla, not far from the Tabernas desert, and won first prize in a village beautification contest in 1998. Iron was once mined in the surrounding hills, and the Senda Minera footpath leads through that landscape.
Highlights
- The 18th-century Baroque parish church
- The Lucainena iron mines, a listed site of geological interest
- Senda Minera (SL-A 62), a waymarked local trail
- Peñón de Lucainena, at 1,004 metres the highest point of the municipality
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Population: 722
Things to see
- Transandalus (ES)
Events through the year
- Fiesta de San SebastiánSunday procession; residents throw bread rings to the saint as he passes
- Día de las FloresFandango and verdiales dances, local food and a flower May Cross
- Romería de Santiago y la Virgen de MontesiónThe Virgin is carried to the hamlet of Rambla Honda
- Feria de la Virgen de MontesiónProcession of the Virgin on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Dates follow the traditional patterns described on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage: check locally before you travel.
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Local food & wine
- Rabbit gurullosDish
- Caldo coloraoDishPaprika fish broth, a kind of zarzuela
- Desierto de Almería wineWineProtected-geographical-indication wines helped by the wide temperature range
- Almond cuajaoSweet
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Where to sleep
1 place to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 1
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Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Baños de Lucainena · ~3 min by car
- Hot spring: Balneario San Nicolás · ~51 min by car
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