Guía Villaluenga del Rosario

Tourist Guide with information of interest to visit Villaluenga del Rosario

The Villaluenga del Rosario Guide will be very useful for you to discover the smallest and most unique town in the province of Cádiz, but with great tourist interest, offering a wide range of possibilities for the visitor. With it you can move through its streets, locate bars, restaurants, accommodation, shops, public facilities, monuments, sports and recreational facilities, as well as where and when its main festivals and traditions are celebrated, or discover its incredible routes through the Sierra, now which, as there are some 80 caves in its area, is known as a paradise for caving and hiking.

It is an application developed by the Villaluenga del Rosario City Council and aims to be another channel of information and communication for citizens and visitors. Which not only indicates the location, but, using GPS technology, will guide you to the requested place, it even offers the possibility of making calls or sending emails to contact, as well as visiting their websites or social networks. In order to better identify the location, the application offers an image of the facade where the search location is located, while also offering a brief informative description.

Villaluenga del Rosario was occupied by Muslims from the year 716 to 1485, the date on which Don Rodrigo Ponce de León, Marquis of Cádiz and Duke of Arcos de la Frontera, took it from the Arabs, granting it the Catholic Monarchs for this reason. Lordship of the “Serranía de Villaluenga”, this being the capital of the seven towns, as stated in the privilege dated in Jaén on January 11, 1498.

It is believed that the name “Villaluenga” was received from the elongated and narrow shape of the town's center. And the “Rosario” was added later in the 18th century, due to the deep-rooted devotion that the inhabitants professed to the Virgin of the Rosary, under whose patronage it was placed from this date.

It is the birthplace of eminent poets and writers, among whom stand out Don Juan Miguel Pérez González, Bishop who was from Gerona, Don Rafael García García, Don Pedro Pérez Clotet, whose life and works are valued in the Interpretation Center of Literature founded in his family home, right in the center, where thanks to this guide you can access and have all the information at your fingertips.

Villaluenga is located in the northwest of the province of Cádiz, higher than the clouds, emerging directly from the rock, close to 1,000 m. altitude above sea level, makes it the highest town in its province and region.

Its Mediterranean climate is dry in the summer, but nevertheless the rainfall rate of this entire mountain range is the highest in the Peninsula, in addition to heavy snowfalls in winter.

Its secluded houses with undulating roofs, where chimneys, narrow shutters, white facades, flowery balconies, form a picturesque and harmonious group, which, exalted by the winter snows, make this landscape penetrate the soul of the poet and the pupils. of the painter. And among the streets of the center you can almost always see the prominence of the impressive rock mass on which it is based.

Within its Gastronomy, its sausages, its pastries, and especially its cheeses stand out, for which the now famous “Andalusian Artisanal Cheese Fair” is celebrated every year, where the municipality's cheese factories and others spread throughout the rest of the region participate. provinces, which makes it one of the references in the cheese sector at the national level. You can also explore the history of cheese and do activities in the museum that bears its name.

Come and enjoy Villaluenga del Rosario!

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