This village of about 1.500 inhabitants is located in the administrative district of La Axarquía, at about 14 kilometres from the Málaga town.

Its centre is covered with places which suggest its Muslim past. The village is divided into three very distinct areas: “El Barrio Alto” or “Alto del Lugar”, where the craftsmen, the blacksmiths and the potters use to reside; the town centre where the town hall and the square of the almohad church- mosque, are situated; and, “El Barrio Bajo” or “Cantarranas”, where the poorer townsfolk used to live.

Here you can rich the peak of Bentomiz, in which the remains of an old fortification are found, can be observed from any part of the town.

Apart from this fortification, the district of Daimalos (which still keeps some buildings from the Twelfth Century), the church of “Santa Catalina”, of Mudejar styling, and, at the town’s entrance, an old oil mill and a mural of the prestigious potter.

Its main festivities are the Februrary “Carnaval”, the festivities in honour of “Santa Catalina” and “San Sebastián”, on the 10th and 12th of August, and the “Candelaria”, celebrated on the 7th and 8th of September.

You can taste here the fried goat with almond sauce and the fried breadcrumbs with olives and herring dishes which are recommended to wash down with a fine wine of the land.

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