Village of Canillas de Albaida - Malaga
About the town of Canillas de Albaida
Canillas de Albaida has Moorish origins from the 13th century. Its Arabic name meant ‘The White One’. The Islamic past is reflected in the layout of the streets and squares, and in the use of terraces for cultivation. The parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Expectación, standing in the main square, was built in the 16th century. There are also two shrines, the 16th century Santa Ana and the 17th century San Antón.
• Nuestra Sra. De la Expectación, church
• Santa Ana Hermitage
• San Antón Hermitage
Town Hall
• It is in Plaza del Generalísimo, 10. Phone: 952.55.30.06
• The Mayor’s name: Excmo. Antonio Gregorio Díaz Navas.
calbaida@sopde.es
Health Center
• Consultorio, Carretera Canillas-Málaga. Phone: 952.55.31.83
• The nearest hospital is in Vélez-Málaga, “Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía”, urb. El Tomillar, s/n. Phone: 951.06.70.00//Emergencies: 951.06.70.21
School´s
• Junior’s education: Colegio Nuestra Virgen del Rosario, Ctra. Canillas s/n. Phone: 952.553.053
• Senior’s education: The nearest is in Cómpeta, I.E.S Jorge Guillén, Avda. Constitución s/n. Phone: 952.553.393 // Headmaster’s name: José González
• University: you have to go to Malaga’s university.
Phone: 952.13.10.00 // 952.13.10.32
Nearest Large town
• Málaga, 52 km
• Torrox (Costa), 21 km
Festivals & Traditional Holidays
• San Antón, the nearest Sunday to 17th of January
• In summer, on the 24th of June, San Juan
• The most important festival is Nuestra Sra. Del Rosario, the first weekend of August.
Situation & Population
• 700 inhabitants
• The village is surrounded by high mountains of which the Atalaya and Verde mountains dominate a landscape of pine and oak trees.
Hotels
• There is not hotels in this village, but you can find one B&B, to get information you have to go Bar El Cerezo (952.553.018)
• About rural houses ,in the surroundings of the village, Phone:952.553.006.
Restaurants
• Restaurante La Plaza, lamb, suckling pig, baby goat and all kind of fish speciality. Plaza Mayor s/n. Phone: 952.553.254
• Café-Bar Cerezo, rabbit and chicken speciality and spanish Tapas. C/ Estación, 5. Phone: 952.553.018
Banks
• Unicaja, Avda. Andalucía s/n. Phone: 952.553.030
