Stage 18 · A-348

Fondón

Wine and fertile vega

A land of wine and fertile vega, with two outlying hamlets: Benecid and Fuente Victoria. One of the largest municipal areas in the comarca.

Fondón

Key facts

Population
1,133 inhabitants
Area
91.09 km²

Story and present

Fondón lives between vineyards and a fertile vega, in the upper part of the Andarax valley. Its municipal territory, one of the largest in the comarca, also takes in two hamlets: Benecid and Fuente Victoria. Together with Laujar de Andarax and Alcolea, it ranks among the province’s largest wine-growing areas.

What to see

  • Hamlet of Benecid
  • Hamlet of Fuente Victoria

From the land and the table

  • Product Mantecados de Laujar y Fondón
  • Product Bollería y rosquillas de obradores locales

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