Algarrobo has its town centre in the interior, at about 3 kilometres from the coast, right on the hillside that goes up to the Shrine of San Sebastián.

Algarrobo, is the first evidence of urban settlements, dating from the Bronze Age.
Here you can find the archaeological sites located in the necropolis of Trayamar that has attracted the most attention of visitors and investigators alike, since it has the Western Mediterranean´s most important complex of Paleopunic tombs, dating from the Seventh Century B.C.

It was the Berber tribe, who gave it the name to “La Sierra de Bentomiz”. And towards the end of the Fifteenth Century, the town of Algarrobo passed onto Doña Catalina de Ribera, who had to confront the Moorish revolt and its subsequent expulsion.

The main festivities are celebrated in the last fortnight in August and at the beginning of the year, on the 20th of January, the town shows its best face in order to celebrate the festivities in honour of its Patron Saint, San Sebastián.

Algarrobo is known by its famous cakes that take the town´s name and “los roscos de aceite”, of clear Arabic origin, which stands out.

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