Tourism Zurgena – Almería

Located at 83 kms. from Almería, access from the A-334 Overa de Baza-Huercal road. It can also be accessed from the inside by Lubrín. The history of the city of San Ramón, for its interest in the recent history of Zurgena, the old one, Estacción del Ferrocarril, Located in the Alfoquía. It stopped working in 1985, although its building has been restored, respecting the original structure and now it is a space for all kinds of cultural events.

The festivities of Zurgena are celebrated in honor of their patron saint the Virgen del Carmen in the Alfoquía on July 16 and San Ramón Nonato on August 31 in the nucleus of Zurgena. Holy Week is lived with great passion in this town. They are peculiar The game of the flag, the meeting of the different brotherhoods, and the pujas, where the sandals of San Juan are auctioned, the most popular passage of those that make up the processional parades.

The town of Zurgena has historically been the gateway to the Almanzora Valley. The first populations go back to the Neolithic period. Up to two populations of this historical period were located near the ravine. The land has a volcanic origin, sharing these characteristics with much of the rest of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. In its municipal term abounds the land of great fertility. Something that in these days is translated with a dedication of a large part of the population to agriculture. Precisely the fertile land and the presence of water in the vicinity of the current ravine, were the premises that made Zurgena an ideal place for Neolithic man.

Centuries later, Zurgena became a Roman settlement. In fact, the one known as Ruta Verte was a Roman road that enclosed Granada and Murcia. The route passed through the current neighborhood of La Alfoquia. Currently you can see the path of the old Roman road behind the remains of an old gas station. This road follows the ravine that goes to Cerro Limera, there are remains of the previous eras.

Zurgena experienced another moment of splendor with the arrival of the railway to the Valle del Almanzora, in 1885. The Zurgena train station (located in the La Alfoquia neighborhood) was for about a century the most important in the region and one of the most important in the province. Thanks to a recent rehabilitation, railway facilities such as warehouses, now empty and out of service, where all the goods from the surroundings were deposited, have been conserved. In the same way there were workshops in the vicinity of the station to fix locomotives and wagons.

Sausages Potaje of pumpkins. Potaje of wheat. Potaje of cod cakes. Fish broth with aletria. Rabbit gurullos. Corn balls Partridge in stew. Jormigones. Baby goat cooked with garlic.

Sweets: Alfajores of almonds. Stuffed dumplings. Cuajao of almonds.