Villa Ciscarejo Country house between orange groves in Gádor (Almería)

Cradle of cultures since the Bronze and Copper Ages, the Romans settled in this place and took advantage of the fact that a road ran through here that connected Carthage with Cástulo.
Vélez Rubio's greatest splendor and economic boom would come in the 18th and 19th centuries, at the same time as the construction of representative architectural squares, characterized by the variety of styles. Of particular interest in this place is the architecture of private housing and stately homes, which in Vélez Rubio represents different types of buildings, from the mansions with a baroque influence and robust facades with ironwork on the balconies and windows, to the Art Nouveau or historicist ones apartments with an eye-catching and colorful decoration.
The apartments of the large owners in this place led to the creation of a unique style, the so-called classic Vélez style, with white and very symmetrical facades, buildings in which each balcony and window was given the right place.
Vélez Rubio's legacy becomes even richer when you add the sites and remains of civilizations found here, as well as the religious buildings.

Among the first mentioned are the Neolithic sites of Cerro de los López and the remains of the Islamic fortress Cerro del Castellón, of which only the remains of an alcazaba and an internal cistern remain.
The Encarnación Church, an 18th-century church, is the best example of religious Baroque in Almería. It was listed as a historical monument (1982) and the decorated façade, designed like an altarpiece, crowned by two high square towers, stands out, as well as the inner altarpiece with rococo motifs. The Monastery of the Inmaculada and its church are also a good example of the Baroque.
But this place also offers a great gastronomic variety that changes uniquely with the seasons. In addition to local products such as grain, game meat, vegetables, legumes and raw materials such as flour, there are typical Christmas dishes such as turkey rice. The cod tarts are an exquisite dish that is eaten almost exclusively during Carnival, just like the chickpea stew with cod during Lent.