Alfarnatejo
This small paradise of barely 500 inhabitants is situated
at an altitude of over nine hundred metres, receiving
the popular name of "The Pyrenees of the South".
The contrast between the rock and the humid vegetation
results in a spectacular landscape in which the most
spectacular steep cliffs in the province of Málaga
can be found. Its complicated orography and its distance
from the capital converted these lands into great
shelters for bandits during the Nineteenth Century.
Archaeologists have managed to find domestic objects
that prove the presence of humans in these parts for
over 5.000 years. The subsequent evolution of the
town has always been linked to the neighbouring town
of Alfarnate, from which it separated in the Eighteenth
Century.
As places worthy of visiting, one must point out the
Parish Church of "El Santo Cristo de Cabrilla",
the already mentioned archaeological sites at the
gorge of the "Sabar River" and south of
the "Tajo Gómer" and the natural
itinerary of the route of the cliffs ("La Ruta
de los Tajos"). Furthermore, pictorial remains
(the oldest dating from the Palaeolithic Era) exist
in many of the numerous caves and shelters of the
place: "Cuevas del Chamizo", "La
Morronquera", "Pela Horá",
and the shelter of "Cortijo de la Cueva"…
Alfarnatejo commences its festive calendar with "La
Candelaria" at the beginning of February. It
is followed, in spring, with "la Romería
de San Marcos" (15th May). And, above all, the
festivities of the 29th of September in honour of
"San Miguel" and of "El Cristo de
la Cabrilla".
In order to come into contact with the gastronomy
of this splendid place, nothing better than the good
stews. Fried goat (chivo frito), "migas",
"setas de cardillo" together with the
traditional "roscos de San Marcos", complete
its varied and succulent offer.
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