EL VALLE - Saleres

El Valle is a municipality in the province of Granada, comprising the towns of Melegís, Restábal and Saleres, since 1972. The Town Hall is currently in Restábal where most of the services are located.
The geographical location of the municipality makes it halfway to the main tourist attractions of the province, as it is forty minutes from the Alhambra, Sierra Nevada and the Costa Tropical.
The remains of watchtowers, the agricultural system of irrigation channels and terraces as well as its urban structure of narrow streets, courtyards and dead-end streets, make us see that this is a municipality of Muslim tradition.
It has a special microclimate, being located in the lowest area of the Lecrín Valley. This factor, together with the abundance of water makes the lands very fertile. They are towns mainly dedicated to agriculture, predominating the horticultural products along with orange and lemon trees and a great diversity of fruit trees.
The popular Irish Hispanist Ian Gibson has lived in this municipality since 1991.
The town of Saleres is located at an altitude of 560 m. on the left bank of the river of the same name or the Santo River. Its structure is completely Muslim, marked by narrow streets and courtyards, making it impossible for vehicles to pass through. The 350 inhabitants who live there are dedicated to the cultivation of olive, sour and almond trees.
Among its most outstanding landscapes, we find: the view of the town centre, the leafy valley of the Saleres River, the Sierra, which can be reached by a track that starts from the town, and where we can find the Seven Years' Fountain and the Santalla Olive Grove. Not forgetting the streets and patios of the interior of the town.