Costa del Sol Towns

Attractions in Rincon de la Victoria

Bezmiliana Castle: It is a XVIII century fortress that is now used for exhibitions and other cultural activities. It was built by Charles III, in order to safeguard the endangered area from English pirates. The building consists of an outer wall, surrounded by an Alcubilla. Highlights of the interior rooms are the "troop room" and "formal room".

Roman site Benagalbon Tower: it is an archaeological VIII-III century BC enclave consisting of the remains of a wall, a thermal resort and a Roman villa with mosaics, a factory and a salting garum. Ceramics were also found including several pieces of Phoenician and Roman sculptures, like a head of Bacchus from the second century. The enclave is declared a Cultural area.

Mediterranean Archaeological Park: This is a 90,000m² site of scientific publication dedicated to the archaeological heritage of the municipality. Contains native mediterranean vegetation, natural rock paths and a replica of the wall of the ‘Cave of Victory’ with its cave paintings and information boards.

Depopulated Bezmiliana: field consisting of an old medieval town that holds part of a mosque and a well in good condition, a Hispano-Christian urban fabric overlay and a burial site that shows phases of the time.

Benagalbon Creek Aqueduct: structure of ill-defined origin, although it is believed that from the nineteenth century it has been poorly conserved.

Caves
The system of prehistoric caves called Fig Tree Cave and Cave of Victoria have a Cultural status, and along with other minor caves form an enclave which includes prehistoric rock art-Paleolithic and Schematic-with a stratigraphic sequence spanning the Upper Paleolithic prehistory until recently, integrated within the system of prehistoric occupation of Malaga.  La Cueva del Tesoro, also called the Fig Tree or the Swiss, is one of only three submarine caves of origin that are known in the world and is unique in Europe. 

It is excavated under a mound of limestone forming a cliff at the seashore.  It is believed that its formation occurred around the Jurassic era. Its name comes from a legend about a treasure of royalty called Almoravid found inside the cavity. 

Preserved are the remains of cave paintings, while other archaeological remains of the cave are in the National Archaeological Museum Madrid. La Cueva de la Victoria is located within the grounds of the Archaeological Park. It contains paintings dating from the Middle Paleolithic to the period of Metales.  There are at least five other caves and shelters, some of which have kept archaeological remains. 

 

Places of worship

Church of Our Lady of Mount Caramel: Temple of simple structure with three naves and a bell tower and vernacular architecture. It was built in 1892.  Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria: XVI century church of rectangular shape, located in Benagalbon. Inside the murals include the Ascension, the Nativity and the Presentation of the painter Francisco Hernandez Díaz. 

 

Church of Our Lady of Victory: twentieth-century church of Andalusian architectural style. Save a picture of the Virgen del Carmen XVII.  The 19^th century Church of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Church of the Cala del Moral was built in 1868 and restored in 1940.

Torres beacons

On the defensive line of the former Kingdom of Granada on this part of the coast are still two beacon towers. Both date from the reign of Yusuf I, who promoted coastal defense against pirate raids in the fourteenth century. The tower of the Cantal, 1065m high, is situated on a bluff of the promontory of the same name. Benagalbon tower sits promontory lower in the eastern part of town and is of similar height.

Beaches

The coastal corner distinguishes four beaches. The westernmost boundary next to the town of Malaga is Playa de la Cala del Moral and is 13km long.  It is a beach of dark sand and gravel with a moderate swell, promenade and a high occupancy rate. It is enclosed by breakwaters and the Cantal promontory that separates the beach of Rincon de la Victoria with an extensive beach at 36km long, located in central urban core. 

 

It is also accessible from a boardwalk. It has dark sand and a high occupancy rate. Then, to the east, extending over about 700m is the beach of Torre Benagalbon, semi-dark sand and with a grade average occupation. Finally, there is a beach east of Los Rubios, at 11km long with characteristics similar to the previous beach: sandy dark occupancy rate average and moderate swell.