El Valle, three villages among orange groves and Sierra Nevada
Restábal, Melegís and Saleres make up the municipality of El Valle, in the heart of the Valle de Lecrín: Mudéjar heritage, irrigated orchards and the scent of orange blossom a stone’s throw from Granada.
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Read →Feria de la Naranja
The municipality's most important gastronomic, cultural and sporting event. A week celebrating El Valle's flagship product, at the Pista Cubierta Antonio Ruiz in Melegís. Free entry.
Museum of History
The History Museum in Restábal brings together El Valle’s recent archaeological finds —among them the rock-art stelae— alongside Andalusi-era pieces from the Nasrid castle and the old Arab irrigation channels.
Barranco Luna
A unique geological canyon in El Valle de Lecrín, with marine fossils from the Tethys Sea. A waymarked trail suitable for all levels, among almond trees, olive groves and dry-stone terraces.
Carrera de la Naranja
6.6 km along country lanes through orange groves. Over 400 runners. A unique sporting event in El Valle de Lecrín, held every 28 February as a prelude to the Feria de la Naranja.
Church of San Juan
The San Juan Evangelista Church in Melegís is a Site of Cultural Interest: a Mudéjar coffered ceiling and 16th-century paintings over a former Nasrid mosque.
About El Valle
El Valle is made up of three villages —Restábal, the capital and seat of the Town Hall; Melegís, the gateway to the valley and home of the Feria de la Naranja; and Saleres, the smallest of the three — joined as a single municipality since 1972, in the heart of El Valle de Lecrín.
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- Address
- Avda. Andalucía 34, Restábal · 18658
- Phone
- 958 793 003
- elvalle@dipgra.es
- 661 931 463
- Opening hours
- Mon–Fri · 09:00 to 14:00
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- elvalle.sedipualba.es