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Here you will find the Facebook feed for the tourist office of Jimena de la Frontera. It includes details of activities, guided tours, general information and updates on the village, and more.
Situated in the historical complex of Casa Dirección is Restaurante Casa Dirección, which is based on two premises: the quality and innovation. It is an exciting project that after six years of existence has never stopped growing and evolving.
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Apartments in Salobreña are popular, perhaps due to the freedom that they can provide. Apartments are generally located in the coastal strip close to the old town. Salobreña offers a range of apartments, from those with sea views to those with mountain views.
The museum was built in 1912 as the residence of John H. Cresswell first director of The United Alkali company and his family. It was later restored, preserving the English architecture. The Museo Casa Dirección displays the heritage that has led to the fame of Valverde del Camino.
The English legacy in Valverde del Camino can be explored in more depth, visiting the former offices of The United Alkali Company, the old railway station and the old railway workshops which house a restored wagon from 1900.
A dyke that runs for 10km southwest of Valverde del Camino in the direction of Beas. It was built for the mine of Campanario and now is a pleasant walk by the water course. It is extremely deep in place and is 80% full for most of the year now that it no longer supplies the town with water.
The construction of the church started in the second half of the sixteenth century and was completed in the first decades of the seventeenth century. Iglesia de Santa María under the invocation of the Virgen del Reposo, has since then been the parish church of the town.
The dyke of Silillos supplies drinking water to Valverde del Camino. It is also great for fishing carp and other species such as black bass. The road leading to the dam passes through the Dehesa de los Machos and Arroyo de Bajohondo.
The chapel was built in 1953-1960, inspired by the eighteenth century Baroque architecture of Seville. It occupies the location of the previous hermitage of San Sebastián, which was built at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Located on Calle San Sebastián.
The large municipal building holds some of the cultural events of Valverde del Camino. The ground floor has an exhibition hall whereas the upper floor is equipped with a library, boardroom and historical archives.
The first religious building to be built in Valverde del Camino, its construction dates from the beginning of the sixteenth century and is related to Doña Ana, wife of Don Alfonso de Guzmán (seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia), who was devoted to the Saint of her name.
One of the most important monumental ensembles of megalithic art in the region, which are also in a good state of conservation. They were discovered by José Maria Luzón in 1966, although they were not studied until 1974.
The construction of this hermitage dates back to the beginning of the eighteenth century. It was built on an old lazaretto where the sick from the cholera epidemics that hit Andalusia at the beginning of the century were isolated.
The Interpretation Centre provides visitors with detailed scientific information about the exceptional paleontological heritage of Almería through a chronological series of exhibitions, starting with the origin of the universe, and covering the formation of our planet, the evolution of living beings and contemporary biodiversity. The exhibition space has four rooms with different themes relating to “what the fossils of Almeria inform us", and also has an audiovisual projection room. Located on Calle Pintor Velázquez.
An art gallery designed to hold temporary exhibitions for artists. Located on Calle Garcia Moreno.
The Town Hall is a simple building, and appears two stories high on the outside, the lower floor on the façade being occupied by a porticoed gallery made up of three wide semi-circular arches. It has a symmetrical composition in two colours. Located in Plaza de la Constitutción.
This is a Mudejar church with a single nave covered with armour, dedicated to the Virgen de las Angustias, an invocation represented as “La Piedad”, with the dead Jesus in her arms, as shown in the exterior niche of the portal. Although most of the parishes were established in 1505 within the political-religious program of conversion to the Moors, this is an initiative of Bishop Claudio Sanz y Torres, from the late eighteenth century, motivated by the population growth that made the previous hermitage too small.
