Map - San Pedro Alcantara, Costa Del Sol, Malaga
San Pedro Alcantara post code: 29670
Information about San Pedro Alcantara, Costa Del Sol
San Pedro de Alcántara (St. Peter of Alcántara) (pop: approx 26,500) lies on the main Costa del Sol coastal road the N340/A7 as well as the new toll motorway the AP7, 10 km west of Marbella in Andalucia, Southern Spain. It is easily accessed from either Málaga or Cádiz and via the C339 from Sevilla and Ronda. The nearest airports of Málaga and Gibraltar are both within an hours drive. It is situated in the fertile plain of the same name, Vega de San Pedro Alcántara, a broad stretch of coastal lowland surrounded in a semicircle by rugged hills. On the East the Sierra Blanca of Marbella, dominated by its highest peak Pico del Astonar (1.270 m.) better known locally as "La Concha" (The Shell) because of its resemblance to a fluted sea shell when viewed from the west. To the North, there is the Sierra del Real or El Real del Duque, the Sierra de las Nieves and those of Tolox, on the West of the town the Monte Mayor and, finally, closing the mountain line the Sierra Bermeja.
San Pedro
As you enter San Pedro, through the entrance arch from the Cádiz direction, you find what is probably the most typical Spanish town left on the Costa del Sol, kept very clean with a central shopping area, quiet parks and squares and beautiful gardens. Turn right off the main road to the Nueva Alcántara area and you reach the very long, newly constructed promenade and the long, wide beaches, where there are many new developments taking shape.
San Pedro has the last summer fair (feria) in Andalucia which takes place in the second week in October.
San Pedro has its share of history and monuments, including the Parish Church, constructed in 1866. The building is of colonial style and stands adjacent to Villa San Luis, now the Deputy Mayor's office.
Las Bovedas is a Roman site belonging to the 3rd century A.D and consists of an octagonal building containing a central nucleus with seven rooms around it. There is an octagonal pool in the centre. The purpose is thought to be public baths or a water storage place at the end of an aqueduct.
Close by are the ruins of the Basilica, hidden amongst the Eucalyptus trees in the urbanisation of Linda Vista. Recent studies date the ruins to the 6th century and note them as one of the most important of their kind in the whole of Spain. Artefacts discovered here can be seen in the local museum and in the museums of Málaga and Marbella, they include skeletons, personal jewellery and clay vases.
San Pedro
As you enter San Pedro, through the entrance arch from the Cádiz direction, you find what is probably the most typical Spanish town left on the Costa del Sol, kept very clean with a central shopping area, quiet parks and squares and beautiful gardens. Turn right off the main road to the Nueva Alcántara area and you reach the very long, newly constructed promenade and the long, wide beaches, where there are many new developments taking shape.
San Pedro has the last summer fair (feria) in Andalucia which takes place in the second week in October.
San Pedro has its share of history and monuments, including the Parish Church, constructed in 1866. The building is of colonial style and stands adjacent to Villa San Luis, now the Deputy Mayor's office.
Las Bovedas is a Roman site belonging to the 3rd century A.D and consists of an octagonal building containing a central nucleus with seven rooms around it. There is an octagonal pool in the centre. The purpose is thought to be public baths or a water storage place at the end of an aqueduct.
Close by are the ruins of the Basilica, hidden amongst the Eucalyptus trees in the urbanisation of Linda Vista. Recent studies date the ruins to the 6th century and note them as one of the most important of their kind in the whole of Spain. Artefacts discovered here can be seen in the local museum and in the museums of Málaga and Marbella, they include skeletons, personal jewellery and clay vases.
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