Interesting remains of the fortified enclosure that dominates the Villa de Oria on the surrounding hamlet. The important remnants of the enclosure perimeter of the Castle of Oria are composed of large walls of tabilla, with abundant ceramic…
The Serón Castle is from the Nasrid period (13th century) and is located in the highest part of the town. From here you can see the entire Almanzora Valley, the Sierra de las Estancias and part of the province of Granada. It played an important role…
Fortress of Sierro / Hisn al-Zuerro Reference: AL-CAS-184 Corresponds to the IX-XIII centuries. Located on the top of the farmhouse with the role of shelter and urban citadel. It emphasizes its prominent height and its wide visibility on the…
About two kilometers from the town is the Cueva del Moro, located in the ravine of the same name. In this place there are several natural caves where time and water have formed stalagmites and stalactites, being the tour inside the grottos perfect…
Balsa de Cela is a spring of thermal waters located 3.5 km from Tíjola in a northerly direction, on the border with the municipality of Lúcar, and at an altitude above sea level of 720 meters. The waters emerge naturally with a constant flow of 42…
The museum of photography “Pérez Siquier” is a tribute to Carlos Pérez Siquier, who has donated most of the work that the museum contains. Carlos Pérez Siquier (Almería, 1930) is considered one of the pioneers of the photographic avant…
The Cerra of Tíjola is an impressive natural setting. Until you’re inside, you can’t imagine it. The tall and vertical stone-cut that box the Bacares River in its descent from the Sierra de los Filabres towards the Almanzora Valley,…
The Charcón del Buey The Laroya River is a special and charismatic river that is part of the tributaries of the Almanzora River. Crossing the town to which it owes its name, it constitutes the main reason why Laroya has a special character, an…
In the Alto Valle del Almanzora (Almeria) there were important castles or hussün in Tíjola (9th-10th centuries) and a little later in Purchena. In the mountain valleys the fortified settlements are smaller but according to the same scheme (Bacares,…
Nice church that has its origin in the 19th century. During the terrible cholera of 1864, the residents of the Llano de los Olleres neighborhood made a promise to the Virgen del Carmen to build a sanctuary if the epidemic ceased. As it happened,…