The whole coastline in Málaga province is littered with old defensive towers, some in very good condition and others in somewhat poorer condition.
Perched on the hill overlooking the village and the bay, the Torre de Maro is a very good example of these once impòrtant defensive watchtowers.
The renovation of the towers is a painstaking business as it is carried out using the same masonry as the originals. This could mean searching the area for bits of rubble from the original tower, using stones from another tower deemed totally beyond repair or even from a castle of the same period.
The authorities are trying to renovate as many of these old watchtowers as is feasible, given the degree of difficulty and costly nature of such an enterprise.