THIS DELIGHTFUL VILLAGE IN THE AXARQUÍA REGION BOASTS OF HAVING THE BEST CLIMATE IN EUROPE. ITS WARM SUMMER AND WINTERS ARE THE REASON OF SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL DISTINCTION. TORROX PERFECTLY COMBINES MODERNITY AND CLASSICISM, TRADITION AND TOURIST DEVELOPMENT.

Torrox is one of the most stunning villages in the province of Málaga. Its Moorish design, its valuable and distant past, its fertile fields, its outstanding gastronomic legacy, or its promising tourist future make it a spot not to be missed.
This town belongs to the select group of Andalusian white villages. It is an inevitable passage in that long route which winds its way up into the inland of Cádiz and Málaga, whose common factor is lime, brightness, nature and tradition. Moreover, Torrox boasts an inestimable treasure, the sea.
A distance of four kilometres separates the narrow streets in the centre of this village from the vast coastal beaches. Torrox has managed to become a new paradise for international tourism, without losing an inch of its huge heritage, without renouncing its artistic and cultural richness, conserving intact all its appeal as a country village.

Almanzor's Hometown
As almost in every village on this side of the Mediterranean, the Muslim past has left its indelible mark upon Torrox. However, it is necessary to go back to earlier times to find the origins of this location. Documentation, together with the excavations carried out in the environs, prove the existence of a Punic-Phoenician emplacement. Coins, vessels, tombs... different archaeological jewels that confirm the presence of this civilisation. Nevertheless, the most significant finds come from the Roman Empire.
In the wellknown Punta de Torrox, at the foot of the lighthouse, lies the site of Claviculum.
Discovered in 1905 by the then lighthouse keeper, these ruins reveal what was once a group of houses, a necropolis and some thermal baths.
According to the surveys in this respect, Torrox became a factory town, founded in the I st century, whose main resources were sea trade and the plant of garum production, which was a fish sauce essential in the Roman diet.
Toward the 5th century, the population fled to the inland to protect themselves againts corsair attacks. It might have been then when the village of Torrx was born on the hill where it lies nowadays. But it is in the II th century when a written reference to this locality with its present name appears for the first time.
Various Arab writers - from poets to geographers, mention 'Turrux', the town of towers, since many were the watchtowers which stood out on the cliffs to wach the comings and goings of ships.
This long period under Arab rule has left a very deep mark in the soul and body of this population. Its importance within the Al-Andalus history is indisputable. In the year 755, the Prince Abderraman, the last representative of the Omeya dynasty, arrived in Torrox. From the old castle of this town, the prince attacked Archidona and became the first emir of the believers. Then, after conquering the capital, Córdoba, the Arab rebel proclaimed himself caliph of the new Reino Andalusí. In addition, Torrox has the honour to have been the cradle of one of the most notable warriors in that time, the fearful Almanzor.

A climatic eden
Protected by the rugged Tejeda mountains, Torrox constitutes a matchless climatic Eden in the South of Europe.
Thanks to this climate, during the last years, the coastal area in this region has undergone an amazing transformation in every sphere, social, economic and, of course, architectural. El Morche, Ferrara, La Carraca, El Peñoncillo, Mazagarrobo, Calaceite or Vílchez are dark-sanded beaches, almost virginal. Places, all of them, pervaded by a deep fishing glavour.
Higher in the mountains, the village of Torrox lives immersed its quite customs. Its shining whiteness, only altered by the green, red and yellow colours which sproud from the numerous flowerpots adorning balconies, windows and courtyards, and its narrow and steep streets, which offer nice shadows, draw a village of unfathomable charms.
To all this we must add a natural framework dominated by valleys, mountains and rivers, by crops and flourishing orchards. But that is not all. The gifts of an irresistible local cuisine, the kindness of its pleasant inhabitants, the allure of its festivities and ancient customs, or the simple fascination with a life away from the thunder of modernity are enough attraction to captivate the visitor from the first moment.
Torrox belongs to the last isolated paradises. This village of the Axarquía region has its own brighness, a brighness that emanates miraculous like a stream, and is calmly deposited between the lime of its houses and the salt of its waves.