La Torre de les Maçanes: Holiday apartment between nature and cultural heritage
Accommodation in La Torre de les Maçanes
La Torre de les Maçanes lies in a narrow, rugged valley formed by the Torremanzanas River. The Río Torremanzanas is a river rambla and flows into the Monnegre. The town is surrounded by the Sierras Los Planes and La Rentonar, the Serra de Penàguila, La Grana and Montagut.
For a holiday apartment in La Torre de les Maçanes, you can compare, in particular, travel dates, room categories and cancellation policies on the respective offer pages. This information provides an objective basis for aligning the accommodation with your own travel plans before making a booking decision.
Nature
In the Parque Municipal, there are stone picnic tables with benches beneath trees; there is also a children's play area and covered barbecue facilities. From the Parque Municipal, a hiking route on the GR-330 and PR-CV 232 leads north to the La Canaleta area, where it branches uphill into the Barranco del Rentonar. The Costera de la Mare de Deu and the Els Plans summit are visible along the way.
The Camino de Santiago del Sureste is an active tourism option in La Torre de les Maçanes.
Culture
Villa Edelmira is classified as a monument in the Comunitat Valenciana. Vila Edelmira is a fortified farmhouse in La Torre de les Maçanes.
La Casa Alta is an Almohad watchtower that was probably built in the 12th century, or during Almohad rule between 1172 and the Reconquista. After the Reconquista, La Casa Alta lost its function as a watchtower and became a manor house.
The origins of the parish church of Santa Ana in La Torre de les Maçanes date back to 1588; there is a necropolis inside.
El Sanatori dates from 1926. Before that, the building was a tuberculosis sanatorium, a convalescent home and a holiday camp for children; during the Civil War, it served as a military hospital.
Freginal de la Font Major is a Mesolithic archaeological site. The sites of La Foia de Cortés and el Xipreret include silos from a group of more than seventy silos built between 3000 BC and the Middle Ages.
The festival of the Mare de Deu dels Fadrins includes La Banyà, a type of water fight that always takes place on 15 August at 1 p.m. At the festival of San Gregorio, the handmade Pa Beneït, decorated with flowers and finely embroidered fabrics, is served; it is blessed bread weighing approximately 6 to 8 kg.
Cuisine
The local cuisine of La Torre de les Maçanes includes more than one hundred recipes. Giraboix is considered one of the town's traditional soups and stews.
Getting there
The main road connection to La Torre de les Maçanes is the road to Xixona, CV-785. Another access route is the Benidorm–Finestrat–Relleu road.
Other destinations: Benidorm, Torrevieja, Beniarrés, Tormos, Beniaia, Petrer, Monforte Del Cid, La Nucia
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