MOTRIL, a town of southern Spain in the province of Granada, at the foot of an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada and on the edge of a rich alluvial plain, about i m.
The climate is semi-tropical, and the vega or plain of Motril has been found peculiarly adapted for the culture of sugar-cane and sugar-beet.
Motril itself is a port of the second class, but the anchorage at Calahonda, 4z m.
The town of Motril is located in the Spanish region of Andalucia on the Costa Tropical.
Motril is the Costa's main shopping centre with a hypermarket on the outskirts of the town and many supermarkets, bars, restaurants and nightclubs in and around the town centre.
Motril is only a short drive to the fringes of the Alpujarras, one of Spain's most spectacular regions where ancient villages cling to mountainsides on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
It is a place of one’s dreams of great beauty and charm, where tradition and modernity mix perfectly together in a town which is, without doubt, a sea of surprises.
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Motril has many restaurants, which at night time converts into the meeting point for the young and for those searching for diversion.
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The enormous variety of typical dishes influenced by many civilisations, is on offer thanks to the importance of agriculture in the area and the cultivation of exquisite subtropical products, and to the Mediterranean, which daily supplies every kind of fish and seafood imaginable.
Motril is famous for the “Quisquillas” or delicious local prawns, for the “Torta Real”, for the local rum made from sugar cane “Ron Pálido” and for the abundant “tapas” or free aperatifs served with drinks in local bars.
The exact recipe is a well kept secret in Motril which has been handed down from generation to generation.
El IES Martín Recuerda de Motril ofrece un nuevo ciclo formativo de grado superior dedicado a ‘Animador Deportivo y de Ocio’.
Los bomberos de Motril participan en un curso para aplicar técnicas de rescate en alta montaña y espeleología a la ciudad.
El Pleno del Ayuntamiento de Motril aprueba por unanimidad ceder terrenos de propiedad municipal para la construcción de una piscina cubierta en la zona norte de la ciudad.
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The Gran Hotel Elba Motril is a four-star hotel situated only 20 kilometers from the long beach Playa de Poniente, very close to the Port of Motril and the golf course of Playa de Granada.
It is near the main industrial enterprises of Motril, and only five kilometers from the city center.
Eating fried fish at the port is a must, as well as visiting the famous "Parque de los Pueblos de América" with flora and gardens brought from South America.
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Motril es un pequeño núcleo de población que, antes de la Reconquista sirvió de residencia a la madre de Boabdil, último rey de Granada, se convirtió después en una importante población.
La bonanza económica le llegó en el siglo XIX con el cultivo de la caña de azúcar y con la crisis de ésta se ersificaron los cultivos introduciendo productos tropicales.
Motril goza de un clima subtropical templado, propicio para el cultivo de especies que, como la caña de azúcar y los frutos tropicales, dan a estas tierras una nota característica y diferenciada.
Motril reconciles the tranquility of its beaches with the great monumental variety of its historical center.
Buildings when can visit San Antonio's hermitage, of S. XVII, as the Church of Carmen; the Major Church of the Incarnation, the Town hall and the House of the Countess Torre, between others.
In the Maritime Walk it is possible to taste the typical gastronomy and go of march in the night, on the banks of the beach.
N 323 continues south from Sospiro del Moro by way of Beznar, where a very beautiful road goes off on the left into the wild hill scenery of the Alpujarras, to Motril, beautifully situated at the foot of the coastal hills, with a fishing and boating harbor.
It has two fine churches, one of which, on a hill, occupies the site of a Moorish castle in which Boabdil's mother lived.
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Motril lies approximately one hour from Malaga airport and 45 minutes from Granada.
Four and five star hotels have now been built close by and in the town centre to accommodate the ever growing list of people who have discovered one of Spain’s best kept secrets.
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