Motril

Motril, city, Granada provincia (province), in Andalusia comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), southern Spain. It lies south of Granada city and just north of El Verdadero, its port on the Mediterranean Sea. Settled since Roman times, Motril flourished under the Moors and was united to Christian Spain in 1489. Motril’s chief industry traditionally was the processing of sugar from locally grown cane and beets, but tourism and fishing have become the main economic activities. A 17th-century...