Pizarra is a municipality in the province of Malaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is located in the center of the province, in the Guadalhorce valley region, and northwest of the city of Malaga. It is a town of about 8,300 inhabitants, 30 kms from Malaga and just 20 minutes from the coast of the province. Pizarra is the typical village in the Valle del Guadalhorce. It is crossed by the River Guadalhorce, with a green landscape with many trees, citrus and many vegetable gardens. The weather is of the village is 2800 hours of sunshine per year and an average temperature of 17 º C. As its annual rainfall regime of 540 l/m2 .

Although the area must have been inhabited since Roman times, the first appearance of his name is in the late fifteenth when the Catholic Kings gave about 100 acres of land the site of the Pizarra to Don Pedro Romero, in recognition of having won Alora.

Gastronomy

Pizarra, like other villages of the region, based the gastronomy in the rich gardens watered by the river Guadalhorce. The typical dishes are the aplastá soup, potato tortilla, the majillo asparagus and gazpacho. And the sweets are Cerralba rusks and bagels in FIG.

Places of interest

- The palace of the Count de Puerto Hermoso
- The house museum Casablanca
- The Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Castillejo de Quintana
- Bañadero de la Reina
- Chapel of Our Lady of Fuensanta

Festivals

Date : January 5 , Kings Parade
Date : February 17 , Green Day
Date : February 28 , The Holy Pilgrimage
Date : February , Carnaval
Date : March or April , Easter
Date : From 23 to 25 May, Fair Zalea
Date : 14-15 May , Fiesta de San Isidro
Date : 2nd Sunday of July, Cerralba Fair
Date : 14 to August 18 , Pizarra Fair

The Pizarra Weekend Adventure Sports, is made in that municipality in December. You can perform various activities, Kayak Polo, Cycling, Abseiling, Hiking, Caving and Climbing.

Tourist office in Pizarra

Tourist office. Address: Camino de la Estación de Renfe 1,29580. Phone +34 952484684