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The beauty of Cantoria stands out for the tradition and culture that it still maintains to this day; its music, patron saint festivals and the archaeological and architectural variety that it possesses, make it an enriching town full of life. The warmth and simplicity of its inhabitants will make you enjoy this experience to the fullest and learn first hand the stories of every corner. The most outstanding things you can find in Cantoria are: the Parish Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, the Hermitage of San Cayetano y San Antón and the Palace of Almanzora, although there are many more interesting things in Cantoria.

If you visit this town and want to know what to see and do in it, we have selected on this page a series of suggestions to make your stay easier and more interesting.

We hope you enjoy it.

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30 WONDERS OF THE ALMANZORA (Cantoria)

DAY TRIPS

3 Reasons to visit Cantoria

Here are 3 reasons to visit Cantoria visiting three key points of the municipality: the Parish Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, the Hermitage of San Cayetano and San Antón and the Palace of Almanzora.

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Cantoria, the town that smells of gunpowder

If you are looking for a different destination full of history, culture and fun, you cannot miss Cantoria, a town in the province of Almería that every year celebrates one of the unique and spectacular festivals in Andalusia: the Carretillas de San Antón.

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CAR ROUTES

Marble route

We finish the route in Cantoria, a place full of tradition and historical monuments.

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Moorish Route of the Almanzora Valley

To plan a visit to the Moorish routes of the Almanzora Valley is to venture through the whole region, village by village, where, for obvious historical reasons, the Nasrid heritage is the most important of all those that make up its culture, customs, traditions, monuments and archaeological remains.

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Green Route of the Almanzora

The Almanzora region has countless possibilities for routes in contact with nature. Among them are the Gran Recorrido (long-distance) paths, the so-called GR and the Pequeño Recorrido (short-distance) paths, which cross villages and mountains, rivers and forests, and continue their route through other regions. Along the way you will find centenary forests, millenary villages, natural monuments, rivers with permanent water, and endemic species of flora and fauna.

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Route of the villages bathed by the Almanzora River

This route proposes a journey following the course of the river through all those villages that chose to settle along its course in search of the fertility of their orchards and the water that descends from the peaks of the Filabres and Estancias.

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Craftsmen’s Route

The craftsmanship of the area is basically centred on marble, above all in localities such as Fines, Olula del Río and Macael, but there are also important exponents of ceramics, such as the pottery workshop of Los Puntas, in Albox, and the wood cultivated for years by Pedro Gilabert, whose work has merited a whole museum in Arboleas. The route starts in Arboleas, a municipality which can be reached from the Autovía del Mediterráneo, at the exit towards Purchena, taking the Huércal Overa Baza road.

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TRAILS

Cantoria Trail PR-A 418

Length: 15,5 km
Town: Cantoria
Difference in altitude: 352 m

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La Jata Trail – Cantoria SL-A 270

Length: 9,7 km
Town: Cantoria
Difference in altitude: 100 m

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WALKING ROUTES

MTB ROUTES

MTB Route Cantoria-Albanchez (Cantoria, Lijar, Albanchez, Chercos – Almeria)

 

  • Technical difficulty: Moderate
  • Time: 3 hours 13 minutes
  • Distance: 48,64 km
  • Route: Circular
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MTB Route VGD – (Macael, Olula del Rio, Cantoria – Almeria)

 

  • Technical difficulty: Moderate
  • Time: 7 hours 25 minutes
  • Distance: 94,11 km
  • Route: Circular
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MTB Route La Sierrecica (Macael, Arboleas, Olula del Rio, Cantoria, Zurgena – Almeria)

 

  • Technical difficulty: Moderate
  • Time: 7 hours 25 minutes
  • Distance: 94,11 km
  • Route: Circular
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ALMANZORA GREENWAY

Cantoria Greenway

The Almanzora Greenway, whose first steps for its transformation into a Greenway are already underway on the Guadix-Almendricos railway line (Granada-Murcia). This line was built to provide a quick outlet for the ore that was stored in the area. Its exploitation began between 1906 and 1907 by several companies of English capital, until it passed into the hands of Spanish capital at the end of the last century.

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WHAT TO SEE IN CANTORIA

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ACTIVITIES FOR HIRE

LEISURE

City Escape Room

The Secret of Los Alejandros is an entertaining street escape (variation of the escape room that takes place outdoors) that proposes you to walk through the streets of the town of Cantoria (Almería) while overcoming various tests to finally discover the secret of Los Alejandros. The game mixes fun fictional plots and historical facts of the town.

Mountain Biking Spain

Welcome to Mountain Biking Spain, you have just discovered one of Spain’s best kept secrets. The Almanzora Valley in the Sierra de los Filabres is a little known place that offers an endless supply of Big Mountain XC and Enduro style riding. This is proper mountain biking using flowing, hard-to-find, off-map singletrack that is riddled with technical sections, fast descents and testing climbs.

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WHERE TO EAT

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WHERE TO SLEEP

WHAT TO DO IN THE NEARBY VILLAGES

THINGS TO DO NEAR CANTORIA

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