Looking over the gathering of houses which makes up our local village is a mountain… a small mountain, or a large hill. Jagged grey limestone, weathered by centuries of sun, wind and frost. 
Atalaya translates as ‘watchtower’ and Pablo confirms that the mountain was indeed a Moorish outlook centuries ago. A quick check in the back of my road atlas confirms that there are 17 towns or villages called some version of Atalaya around Spain. This is ours. We are very fond of our mountain, when we are driving home from a long journey we know we are almost home once we spot it on the horizon. It changes shape as we drive around it, and as the sun moves through the sky.
At sunrise… 
At midday… 
At sunset… 
5 to remember
la atalaya – the watchtower
el torre – tower
morisco/a – Moorish
la vista – the outlook
el horizonte – the horizon
Notes on a Spanish Valley 
Gorgeous, brings to mind Jimmy Hendrix’s ‘All Along the Watchtower’ that we were introducing our 10 year old to over the weekend.
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Ah… now I have to get out tht old album and listen 🙂 SD
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Is it easy to climb?
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So many of our place names are of moorish origin in la axarquia. I assume ours is too, although no idea whence from. It sounds a bit like yours, except jumbled around, and add an m and an e.
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Lots of Moorish names around us too. 🙂 SD
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beauteous!
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Thx Cindy. SD
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Charming post. Love how you appreciate your geography.
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Thx Susan! SD
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