Valle del Guadalhorce
Valle del Guadalhorce is a region in the Province of Malaga, Andalucia, Spain. The Valle del Guadalhorce is a natural region formed by the Guadalhorce River. The valley is characterized by its fertility and the cultivation of vegetables, fruit trees and citrus, and is known as the "garden of Malaga".
Cities
Understand
In the Guadalhorce Valley there is a great pottery tradition. The Guadalhorce Valley Ceramics Association has ceramists with great experience and curriculum, who work to keep the traditional ceramics of this area alive, and to innovate with different techniques and styles.
The Ethnographic Museum "Las Vistillas, Coín rural life" , which shows the history of the Guadalhorce Region during the 20th century.
Get in
It enjoys very good communications through the A-357 highway and the commuter train that link the Costa del Sol to the Guadalhorce-Guadalteba Reservoir Natural Area.
The railway line that arrives from Seville, Córdoba, and Madrid stops at Álora, Pizarra and Cártama enbroute to Malaga. It is one of the busiest lines in Spain through which dozens of daily trains pass, including the AVE high-speed train.
The A-357 motorway from Campillos to Malaga, also known as the Guadalhorce motorway, connects, at the inter-county level, the population centres that settle along the valley.
The regional highway A-366, also known as Carretera de Coín, crosses from Churriana to Coín, becoming a crossing when crossing Alhaurín de la Torre and Alhaurín el Grande.
Get around
The Málaga Area Metropolitan Transport Consortium operates intercity and urban bus routes.
Sleep
- 🌍 Posada Los Cántaros (Hotel Los Cantaros), 29569 - Sierra de Gibralgalia (30 km NW of Malaga (A-357) towards Cártama and Casapalina), ☏ +-33-952423563. Charming rural hotel near Malaga with fantastic hill-top views over the surrounding countryside. from € 120.