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The entrepreneurs of Valle del Almanzora have launched the web page www.turismoalmanzora.com, during the celebration of the International Tourism Fair of Madrid (Fitur), with the aim of bringing together in the same space the tourist resources available to this region of the interior of the province. Óscar Muñoz, the president of the Association of Touristic Entrepreneurs of Valle del Almanzora, has spoken at the ‘Costa de Almería’ exhibitor in Fitur to explain the origin of this initiative, which seeks to “bring out the incredible potential to manage inland tourism that has our region, “and that has had the support of” all municipalities of Almanzora, the Commonwealth and the Provincial Council, among others. ” The new website “invites the visitor to discover the Almanzora Valley, thanks to a space where you will find all the information about the offer and resources available in this region”, from guided tours, to accommodations, through packages of experiences, getaways, routes for sports practice or a guide with restaurants and bars “. “It’s about improving the possibilities so that this inland tourist destination is known, not only among visitors from outside the province, but also among Almeria itself,” he said. The Almanzora Valley has “a very […]

Fines and Olula connected by the Greenway. Open to the passage the footbridge that allows cyclists and pedestrians to cross without danger over the road. As planned, this Thursday, May 4 at 1:00 pm, the walkway that connects the municipalities of Fines and Olula del Río through the crossing known as Vía Verde was enabled. The route as it passed through the terms of Alcóntar, Serón, Tíjola, Armuña del Almanzora, Purchena and Olula del Río, had a budget of 1,846,597.88 euros provided by the central government. To this we add the 290,000 euros that has cost this gangway that connects the municipalities of Fines and Olula del Río and that from today allows a number of neighbors on foot or bicycle perform sports activities, avoid the danger of the access road to Olula del Río. In the absence of an official opening that has a representative of the national government, the mayors of Fines, Olula and the president of the Commonwealth of Municipalities of Almanzora, wanted to represent the opening of this step that is part of the Natural Path Program of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Fuente: http://lacomarcanoticias.com/portada/fines-y-olula-conectados-por-la-via-verde/

The Canal Sur Radio Gente de Andalucia program directed by Pepe Da Rosa and Ana Carvajal interviewed the Mayor of Olula del Rio Antonio Martinez Pascual on the occasion of the festival of San Sebastian and San Ildefonso, highlighting the unique festival of the donuts that takes place in the town on January 20 and 23. Listen to the interview of the Canal Sur program. FESTIVITIES OF THE ROSCOS AND THE CARRETILLAS On the eve of the 20th and 23rd, the festivities of the patron saints of Olula del Río, San Sebastián and San Ildefonso are celebrated, a festival declared of National Tourist Interest in Andalusia in 1998. The inhabitants of Olula are dedicated to collecting firewood and covering their facades since on the 19th and 22nd, during the night, the great fire festival begins, where residents, protected and covered with their bodies, dedicate themselves, in a tour mainly through the old part of the town, to launch thousands of wheelbarrows creating a ghostly appearance of gunpowder and fire. Previously, fires have been lit at strategic points along the route, although currently each neighborhood organizes its own bonfires. Once the wheelbarrow pull is over, the food festival begins, since black […]