History

The Arabs called this village Quash, which refers to sugar cane production, and this AREA is rich in orange and lemon farmlands, as probably was in the Arab Andalusian period.
After the conquest of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs, Dúrcal became an important expedition spot from where Muslims families departed towards the coast, on their way to Africa.
In the 19th century Dúrcal, which was always a linking point between Granada and the coast, saw the construction of two significant engineering projects: a 38 kilometre cableway, the longest in Europe, which transported local goods to the harbor in Motril, and was dismantled in 1958; also the iron bridge, which was used for the railway.