Aguilas Craftwork

Aguilas has preserved some of the most deeply rooted and traditional crafts. Allow us to beging with esparto grass.

The cordeleros, ropemakers, weave the bundles of soaked esparto to obtain very tough cords and ropes. The esparto has been soaked in seawater and dried in the sun for days before this, to allow for easier handling.

This is the last trace of a craft established here since Iberian times. Wine coopering is also still carried out in Aguilas. Finally at the bay ot el hornillo is a small shipyard where boats are built mainly for coastal fishing and other of vesseld of different draughts.

Things to do in Aguilas:

 

Coastline - Craftwork - Festivities - History - Location - Resorts -

San juan de las aguilas castle - Sports - The archeological museum -

The Carnival Museum - The Casino - The Cope Tower -

The Francisco Rabal Cultural Centre - The harbour and fish docks -

The Parish church of San jose - The Plaza de espana gardens -

The Punta Negra Lighthouse - The railway monument

The railway museum - The Roman baths - Torre de las Palomas

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