Plaza Nueva Viewpoint

The existence of this square dates back to the late sixteenth century, leaving nothing of its old layout. After the reform carried out in 1960, when some of its old buildings were demolished and the current access to the village was opened. Last reform carried out in 2016. Nowadays the Plaza Nueva is the nerve center of the village, a place of obligatory passage for residents and visitors and a bustling meeting point. Located in this viewpoint, we dominate an impressive view of the Valley of the Pyramids and Mojácar la Vieja, conical mountain that was the first eneolithic settlement. From here, the view reaches the vast valley that closes the mountains of Cabrera, Bédar and Almagrera and finally opens to the sea. From left to right, we can see Turre, Bédar, Los Gallardos, Vera, Garrucha, Cuevas de Almanzora, Villaricos, the river Aguas, the orchards, etc. In the square we find the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, built in the sixteenth century on the old Moorish mosque, and rebuilt in the eighteenth century. It is privately owned.