Santa Cruz Del Comercio – Mill Routes, Water Reservoirs and Viewpoints

Santa Cruz del Comercio can be explored through named routes, historical traces and landscapes. The Route de los Molinos follows roads and paths to old grain mills. It conveys traditional architecture and the region’s milling history. The Route de los Aljibes focuses on a different historical theme: it leads to underground water reservoirs that were once of fundamental importance for supplying the village, and conveys historical water engineering as well as the former use of water. Two clearly named route themes stand side by side; their differences remain easy to discern from their respective content.

Routes and History

Another route description concerns Route 7. It follows a 21.7-kilometre route from Alhama de Granada via La Cruz de Calvo to Santa Cruz del Comercio. The route reaches Santa Cruz del Comercio through the town centre and ends at Plaza de la Iglesia. The themed routes and Route 7 therefore differ in their focus, length and course. Depending on the focus, the route, cultural history or landscape comes to the fore. The three route options thus set different accents: the two themed routes each centre on a historical subject, while Route 7 is characterised by its recorded length and the sequence of its locations. History therefore appears both through individual traces of construction and use and through a clearly described route.

Landscape

Mirador del Peñón offers panoramic views of the surrounding landscape and a place to observe nature around Santa Cruz del Comercio. In the vicinity of Santa Cruz del Comercio, La Torrecilla is identified as a mountain. Mirador del Peñón and La Torrecilla therefore designate two different landscape features: a viewpoint and a mountain. Both names complement the routes with different forms of experiencing the landscape without repeating the same type of place. The viewpoint and the mountain thus form a clear contrast between direction of view and landform.

Culture

Dolmen Bermejales is a historical site in the vicinity of Santa Cruz del Comercio. In the wider regional area, Villa Romana de Salar is identified as an ancient site; Cerro de los Majanos is a mountain there, and Museo del Agua is a museum. Mirador Isabel I de Castilla and Mirador de Sylvania, both viewpoints, as well as Alcazaba, a historical site, are also located in the wider regional area. The names indicate different types of places and distinguish between the vicinity and the wider regional area. Thus, a historical site and a mountain in the immediate vicinity are contrasted with several sites, a museum, a mountain and viewpoints located farther away within the region. The cultural and landscape attractions therefore remain distinguishable by type of place and geographical classification.

You can open further location pages via the following links: Cáñar, Bácor, Dílar, La Calahorra, Tocón, Fuensanta, Alhama De Granada, Almuñécar.

When booking a holiday apartment in Santa Cruz del Comercio, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions can be compared side by side based on the information provided for each offer. These three details represent different levels of decision-making: the period, the layout of the accommodation and the conditions for a possible change to the travel plans.

For the higher-level travel overview: Granada.