Ventas de Huelma

Ventas de Huelma is a municipality in the central-northern region of Alhama (Granada province), south-eastern Spain. It borders the municipalities of Chimeneas, La Malahá , Agron and Cacín .

The “Huelmeno” council consists of Ventas de Huelma and Acula.

Ventas de Huelma comes from the Arabic “wali’ma”, (a ‘get together’ or party), probably because of some recreational property on the site at the time of Muslim rule.
It is believed to be the geographic centre of the old district of El Temple.
Located on the old route between large estates that runs from Granada to Alhama, its history is closely connected to both cities.

Monuments

Ermita de Nuestra Senor Amarrado (convent)
Iglesia Parroquial de San Isidro (San Isidro Parish Church)

Gastronomy

Stews, fried potatoes, stewed partridge, el remojon, (no translation for this dish) and tortilla collejas (a local omelette). Among the sweets are rusks San Antón, and egg and bread cake.

Directions

Leave Granada. Continue: Carretera de Granada. Pass Armilla . Continue along: A-338. Pass Gabia Grande and La Malahá. Take GR-101. Follow signs to Ventas de Huelma.

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