Alfarnate
This whole area of dry hills and deep valleys
between Málaga and the Sierra Tejeda used to be notorious
for the many bandits and highwaymen that roamed about. One
of them was El Tempranillo, 
about
whom stories are still being told in the
Venta de Alfarnate, an inn that is supposedly the oldest in
Spain. Fact is that the inn already existed at the end of
the 17th century. One night in the middle of the 19th century,
the dreaded El Tempranillo is said to have flown into rage
when treated inhospitably. When told to ladle out his soup
with a bread-crust, he forced the other guests to crush their
metal spoons with their teeth. Nowadays, there is sufficient
cutlery for everyone.
Judging by the remains discovered at the Cerro del Castejillo or at the Cortijo de Uceda, the origin of the village is related to the Moorish farms spread around the fertile valley a few hundred years ago. The village's name is derived from the Arab word Al-Farnat, or flourmill.
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