Sugar Cane Interpretation Center - Motril

The Sugar Cane Interpretation Center is analysing the sugar cane as a botanical specy, its exceptional environmental conditions that are necessary for its development, the Asian origin of the plant and its travel throughout the Middle Ages to the Arabs to the coast of Granada. Further attetion is given to its varieties, culture, tillage, sugar and senses (the sense of sweetness), chemical energy (sucrose), the current ecosystem and the cultural landscape of Motril formed by the sugar cane which is unique in continental Europe. The Center also houses temporary exhibitions.

Address: Plaza de las Comunidades Autónomas - Parque de los Pueblos de América, 18600 Motril

Phone: 958822206 / 958 83 83 00

Web: www.motril.es

Access to the interpretation center is free.

The tour is self-guided.