La Axarquia guide book Andalucia Spain
La Axarquia
- A Guide to the History and Traditions of the Region by Hilary Gavilan                                                                          

ISBN 978-1-904946-46-5 256 pages, full colour, £12.99   Purchase by Credit Card
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If the words ‘Costa del Sol’ conjure up images of long, featureless beaches occupied by regimented rows of sun loungers while across the road are the Costa del Concrete apartment blocks, then we have an escape for you.

'Discover the Axarquia' ... less than an hour from Malaga ... hidden history ... prehistoric cave paintings; Phoenician tombs and fish factories; Roman roads, bridges and baths; Muslim minarets and fountains; the Silk Route through the Sierras; the ice house on La Maroma; oil mills and flour mills; sugar mills and paper mills; road menders' cottages and old railway stations and places where bandits and anti-Franco guerrillas hid in the mountains. This book tells all this and much more ... about gastronomy in Muslim times, the origins of the roads you will drive along; the yellow fever epidemic in Velez-Malaga in 1804 and the earthquake which devastated the area in 1884 ... the stories of local people born here 50/60 years ago, of their struggle to survive during the hungry years of the 40s and of their skills in the ancient crafts (now obsolete) of silk production; snow gathering; lime and charcoal burning; hemp and esparto weaving; collecting pine resin for pitch and tar and juniper berries for gin. And ... where to see traditional fiestas and festivals ... where to eat in unusual bars and restaurants ... and where to stay in interesting places ... while you explore the Axarquia.

Also see Walk! the Axarquia by Charles Davis
 

La Axarquia  isbn 978-1-904946-46-5 £12.99   Purchase by Credit Card

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