Canillas de Aceituno lies 51 kilometres from Malaga and 21 kilometres from the coast at Torre del Mar and has a population of 2,800.

The town is situated on the scenic Mudejar Route, at 645 metres altitude in the foothills of the Sierra Tejada mountain range, on the highest mountain in Axarquia, La Maroma which reaches 2,080 metres. The natural spring from the mountain attracts people from far away due to a belief that if the pure water is drunk, illness is ... (more)