Mollina is settled just 15 kilometres from Málaga, on the A-92 towards Sevilla,
The origin of the town’s name it is derived from “La Torre Mollina” . The archaeological works have given access to Neolithic remains in the “Sierra de Carmona”, even though it was the Roman Civilization that left the main number of constructions, among which it is worth noting the mausoleum of “La Capuchina” and the “Castellum de Santillán”, a rustic villa adjacent to a walled fortification.

In this peaceful town of about 3.500 inhabitants it is interesting to highlight the agricultural economy in this town. From the Sixteenth Century, an important effort was carried out in ploughing and crop- growing until it became the place with the greatest quantity of olive trees in the district of Antequera. But during the years of emigration in the middle of the Twentieth Century, Mollina suffered a drastic agricultural effort, to the point of yielding, in about thirty years, 80% of the wine named of “Málaga Origin”.

Its local fair in the month of August. Another of the festivities with greatest popular participation is the Fair of Vendimia, on the second weekend of September.

The gastronomy here offers “migas” and “porillas” as conclusive dishes for winter and “gazpacho” and “porra”, more suited for the mid- summer heat.

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