Colmenar in the Axarquia - Malaga - Spain

Colmenar is in the most westerly point of the Axarquia and is 20 mins from Villa Alta mobile home development, being 35 kilometres from Malaga and 35 kilometres from the coast at Torre del Mar. The town is at a height of 700 metres and has a population of 3,600.

The economy of the town is based on agriculture, livestock farming and several food and drink industries including the production of honey and specialist hams. In the surrounding countryside there are many beehives, actually this is where the town got it’s name ('colmena' is Spanish for beehive).

The town has two areas, an upper area with steep narrow streets clustered around the hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, the lower part is of more recent construction with café bars and shops etc. Colmenar is where we have our office and we also complete the legal matters for Villa Alta at the Notary office.

There is a DIA supermarket here as well as other small "spa type" grocer shops, butchers and banks etc. A good meeting place is Pepes bar in the square who serve daily tapas. There are also a couple of British owned bars but thankfully they have gone for the international type appeal so they fit in well.

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