

The Smurfs village is also an excellent destination for culture, food, and outdoor adventures, with a good variety of hiking trails, culinary tours, and cultural excursions.Īlthough the Genal Valley region in rural Andalusía, where Juzcar is located, has always been famous for its scenic whitewashed villages sprinkled around, nowadays it stands out due mainly to the unusual Pueblo Pitufo inspired by the famous Belgian cartoons. If you wonder why Sony chose this sleepy village nestled in the hills of Andalusia for their world premiere, you should know that Juzcar has a long mycology tradition and the smurfs are especially known for their craving for mushrooms.Įach autumn, the picturesque area surrounding the village is brimming with all kinds of delicious fungi, making for a paradise for mycologists and nature lovers. Thus following a referendum organized by the mayor, locals voted to let it this way. Once with the village’s dramatic transformation into a fairy-tale realm, tourism started to develop in the area, and so the local economy.
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This was intended to be a temporary project, but the idea caught on so well that Juzcar even started to organize a series of events and trade fairs related to the cheerful theme. Consequently, the locals agreed to paint the traditional pueblo blanco in bright blue. This creative idea was launched by Sony Pictures as part of the campaign to promote The Smurfs movie. Once a traditional white village, the picturesque hamlet changed its look in the summer of 2011, becoming the first and only official Smurfs village in the world. Located 113 km away from the city of Malaga and 25 km from Ronda, in the autonomous province of Andalusia, Juzcar has become a hotspot for worldwide travelers, and one of the most recognizable villages in Spain. So, if this is not stopped the smurf village will again be painted white as most of the villages In Andalucia. Therefore, the county council of Málaga has gone into the case as the council plans to invest 300,000 euros in a brand new smurf park just outside the village. The Smurf Village Júzcar is about to become a story, so you want to see it and you have to hurry now! The company with the Smurfs copyright now want to have twelve percent of the 'smurfe tourism' turnover, and the municipality has not accepted this.
