Istán: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 30 - 58 Hotel Rural Los Jarales
 This beautiful rural hotel is located in the centre of the Sierra de las Nieves Mountain Range, in the Andalusian countryside between Marbella and Ist… MoreEUR 49 - 200 Altos de Istán
 Set in Andalusia’s Sierra de las Nieves Mountains and surrounded by pine trees, Altos de Istán is a 30-minute drive from Marbella. It offers an ind… More | ||||||||||||
Istán: Guide
Istán is a village in Málaga province, Andalucia, Southern Spain, with an estimated population in 2005 of 1,422.
It lies beneath the Sierra Blanca in the valley of the Rio Verde about 15 kms from Marbella and the Mediterranean coast.
It is also near the large reservoir created by the Presa de la Concepción dam, built in 1972 to provide drinking water to towns all along the Costa del Sol.
History
It was originally a Moorish settlement and as with its near neighbour Ojen, survived where others didn't largely because it was away from the coast. After the Reconquest, Moors were not allowed to live near the coast so as to be unable to communicate easily with their kinsmen in nearby North Africa.
Sources and references
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/iea/sima/htm/sm29061.htm
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