HOW TO GET THERE AND WHAT IS THERE?
Alozaina is about a one hour drive from Málaga airport, halfway between
Málaga and Ronda, on the A366. You can take either the A366 via
Alhaurin de la Torre and Alhaurin el Grande to Coín;
or the A367,A355 via Cártama, and the A355 towards Coín;
then the Ronda route, A366. Access to the coast is about 40 minutes by car. The
nearest beach is at Marbella. Alozaina has its own municipal swimming
pool. Alozaina boasts several bars and restaurants, two local
supermarkets, bakery, butchers, fishmonger, two banks, post office and
other shops all within easy walking distance. The town of Coín is less
than 25 minutes drive, where there are numerous shops and facilities.
Alozaina provides a good place to rest or to explore both the coastal
region and the inland region of Andalusia. Places to visit include the
towns of Ronda, Málaga, Benalmadena, Puerto Banus and Marbella,
Fuengirola, Antequera, Alora, Coín, Tolox, Yunquera, El Burgo; and the
natural parks of Sierra de las Nieves, Torcal de Antequera as well as
the reservoirs around Garganta del Chorro.
The town of Alozaina (population ~2,550) occupies a slightly high
position (386metres above sea level) in the western region of the
Guadalhorce valley. Its lands extend from the Rio Grande valley, to the
south, up to the peak of the Sierra Prieta to the north, thus joining
the lands of the valley with the western mountains of the Serrania de
Ronda. This lets Alozaina enjoy a natural and varied landscape, which
finds its most beautiful sceneries on the sides of the Sierra Prieta,
especially of the Ventanilla, which can be reached through the forest of
the Cuesta de Pino Alto. An exceptionally interesting scenic trail,
which allows for magnificent panoramas over the Guadalhorce valley.
The town centre conserves the typical architecture of the Andalusian
towns up to the point that, in 1977, it was declared to be the prettiest
town in Spain, among other reasons, because it has lovely streets with
whitewashed houses, full of flowers and a parish church which presides
over the urban complex.
