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Alora Holiday RentalsConsisting of select Apartments, Villas, Rural Cottages, Guesthouses, Farmhouses and Country Homes with or without a Swimming Pool in Alora. Luxury Villas or Cheap Apartments and Cheap Vacations. Some of these Holiday Rentals in Alora have extensive land and offer magnificent views |
Not found what you are looking for? Search for our Partner holiday rentals in Andalucia ALORA sits right in the heart of the Guadalhorce Valley, its urban centre and old Moorish castle perched on top of a hill making for one of the most spectacular entrances to any town in Andalucía. The area itself is sometimes known as the Valle del Sol, due to the sunny weather it enjoys for most of the year. The best-known nature parks in the area are El Chorro and the Desfiladero de los Gaitanes (the Gorge of the Bagpipers). The famous Caminito del Rey, a narrow and dangerous pathway that was built across the massive rock formation here. The historians tell us that the name is Latin in origin, and there is a stone in the parish church with the inscription "municipium iluritanun", dated 79 B.C. We can thus deduce that this is the municipality of lluro, from where the present name most certainly derives. The name of the main street is so good they named it twice: Cervantes y Veracruz, and a stroll through the streets of Alora could well start in this main street. After crossing a small park the visitor then comes to the town centre, the Plaza Fuente Arriba (fountain at the top) a square which owes its name to its situation at the top end of the town, where the Town Hall is also to be found. The old part of town starts here, and a tour could continue along Calle de Parra which is lined with the older, but well kept houses of Alora. A little further up is the monument to the "faenera", a name given to the women who used to pack the crops of lemons, oranges, plums and almonds, and the oil. From here, a slope leads down to the Encarnación church, the third biggest in the province.
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