Major events in and around Alora

The nearest town is Alora, which is the capital of the fertile Rio Guadalhorce Valley and has some 16,000 residents in it’s area.

Alora’s Moorish look has been reduced by the rising of taller buildings, but there are still remains of the Moors’ fortress. The town has the distinction that its 17th century church is the largest in Malaga provence after the City’s Cathedral. Malaga’s version of flamenco, Las Malaguenas, originated in Alora and the town hosts a Flemenco festival in June. Alora is the gateway to the spectacular Garganta Del Chorro Gorge.

It is also the gateway to Malaga’s Lakeland, via the villages of Caratraca, where there is a sulpher spa and Ardeles, still very Moorish in its layout. Site-seeing, however, is only one of the many reasons that people travel to Alora, so we have listed below, many of the sports and pastimes that are popular in the area.

We have also included the rough distances in miles to each pastime and amenity.

  Airport : 25 miles
  Angling : 6 - 25 miles
  Banks/Bureau de Change : 5 miles
  Ballooning : 15 miles
  Beach/Lake : 6 - 30 miles
  Bird-Watching : 6 miles
  Buses : Walking Distance
  Car Hire : 30 miles
  Discos/Nightclubs : 5 miles
  Gliding : 10 - 25 miles
  Golfing : 25 - 50 miles
  Horse Riding : 2 - 10 miles
  Internet Cafe : 2 miles
  Medical Services : 5 miles
  Mountain Biking : Walking distance
  Pharmacy : Walking Distance
  Restaurants/Pubs : walking distance
  Scuba Diving : 25 - 50 miles
  Shops/Supermarket : walking distance
  Ski/Snowboarding : 50+ miles
  Spa/Pool/Gym : 2 - 5 miles
  Soccer : 5-30 miles
  Surfing : 50+ miles
  Taxis : 5 miles
  Trains : 5 miles
  Water Sports/Boating : 10 - 25 miles