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View of ColmenarTyk · CC BY-SA 3.0

Colmenar

Village

Colmenar is a municipality in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, southern Spain.

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Colmenar has been populated since the Neolithic age, as testified by the remains found at the Cueva de las Pulseras. After the Reconquest, the town was named after a nearby farm known as Colmenar (Spanish: 'apiary') for its great number of beehives. The history of the village began in 1487, but it is not before 1777 that it became independent as a township.

Colmenar houses the region's medical center.

Text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Village information

Coat of arms of Colmenar
Province
Málaga
Autonomous community
Andalucía
Population (INE 2025)
3,626
Altitude
674 m
Area (IGN)
64.1 km²
Postcode
29170
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What to see

  1. 1Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
  2. 2Museo de la Miel
  3. 3Iglesia de la Asunción
  4. 4Cerro de la Caldera
Data from Wikidata and OpenStreetMapSee more

What to do

  1. 1Hiking: GR 249 · Pulgarín - Alfarnate
  2. 2Hiking: GR 7 · Andalucía - South Route (Provincia de Málaga)
  3. 3Parque Natural Montes de Málaga
  4. 4Bodegas José Molina
  5. 5Street market (Thursdays)
  6. 6Cycling route: La Mina (El Chiquín)
Data from OpenStreetMapSee more

Photo gallery

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  • Tyk · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Tyk · CC BY-SA 3.0
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  • 50 places to stayIllustrative photo · Toprural · CC BY-SA 2.0

    Accommodation

    50 places to stay in Colmenar

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  • 10 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Grey World · CC BY 2.0

    Eat

    10 restaurants in Colmenar

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  • 6 experiencesIllustrative photo · Àngela Llop · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    6 experiences in Colmenar

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 952 73 00 00
    • Official website: www.colmenar.es
    • Email: colmenar@sopde.es

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes85 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, train station, post office, EV chargers, motorhomes, car parks, nursery school, secondary school, pool, care home.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Colmenar Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Colmenar

50 registered places to stay

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