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
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Lucainena de las Torres (ES), Lucainena de Las Torres, Lucainena de las Torres (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Lucainena de las Torres). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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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