Albox: Holiday apartment amidst culture, pilgrimage and hiking trails

Culture and history

The Santuario de la Virgen del Saliente stands on Monte Roel in the Sierra de las Estancias and was built in the 18th century. Its complex includes a chapel, an episcopal palace and a mission seminary. The sanctuary church has a Latin cross floor plan, a trefoil-shaped apse, a dome and polychrome woodwork.

The Torre Terdiguera in Terdiguera in Albox is a solid cylindrical Nasrid tower from the 13th century and is protected as an Asset of Cultural Interest. The Iglesia de Santa María is a Baroque church built between 1718 and 1728, with a Latin cross floor plan, a central nave and two side aisles containing chapels. At Plaza de San Francisco, the Iglesia de la Concepción preserves paintings by the Almerian artist Andrés Ibáñez.

The Feria de Todos los Santos is celebrated annually around 1 November and developed from a livestock market into a popular festival. The Semana Santa de Albox is regarded as a Passion Week marked by processions, tridua, novenas, flowers, vestments and pointed hoods.

When comparing a holiday apartment in Albox, you can compare the travel period, room category and cancellation conditions on the respective offer pages. These details can be checked against your preferred focus on culture, pilgrimage and hiking, as well as your personal travel pace.

Pilgrimage and trails

The religious pilgrimage to the Santuario del Saliente takes place every year on 7 September from Plaza Mayor de Albox, follows the course of the Rambla to the sanctuary and has been recognised as a festival of tourist interest in Andalusia.

The Ruta de senderismo por la rambla Honda is a designated hiking route in Albox. A 12-kilometre hiking route begins at Fuente del Madroño at an elevation of around 885 metres and ends at Santuario del Saliente de Albox at an elevation of around 1,100 metres; it has a medium difficulty level and takes approximately five hours. The information on length, elevation, difficulty level and duration provides several points of comparison for personal planning.

Landscape and surroundings

In the immediate vicinity of Albox is the Palacio Casa del Marqués de la Romana, a palace building. The surrounding area also contains the Mina romana de lapis specularis del Espejuelo as an ancient site, the Museo Casa Ibáñez as a museum, the Mirador de la Virgen as a viewpoint and the Peñón de la Chaparra as a mountain.

In the wider regional surroundings of Albox are Karton - Galeria de arte as a museum, the Sierra de las Estancias as a mountain region and Cerro El Roquez as a mountain.

More destinations

Other destinations on the same regional level are San Isidro de Níjar, Almería, Cantoria, Llano de Los Olleres, Alcontar, Roquetas De Mar, Bedar and Los Cerricos.

Craftsmanship

The pottery tradition of Albox preserves the complete artisanal production process, with a potter’s wheel arranged below floor level and an Arab oven from the 8th century.

For the higher-level travel overview: Almeria.