{"id":8570,"date":"2026-07-17T13:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=8570"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:14:27","slug":"borges-day","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/event\/dia-de-la-pasa-el-borge\/","title":{"rendered":"Raisin Day (El Borge)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El Borge, known as the \u2018Villa de la Pasa\u2019, holds one of the Axarqu\u00eda\u2019s most iconic festivals every year in honour of this product, which has been declared <a href=\"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/sipam\/\"><strong>Important World Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)<\/strong><\/a> and a symbol of the municipality\u2019s agricultural heritage.<strong> El Borge, the raisin-producing village par excellence<\/strong> with a population of just over a thousand, organises this festival in honour of the Malaga-designated-origin raisin.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day, the streets fill with locals and visitors who enjoy tasting traditional dishes, local wine and the town\u2019s famous raisins.<\/p>\n<p>The programme includes demonstrations of the traditional raisin-making process, from the grape harvest and drying on the raisin racks to the sorting, chopping, packaging and treading of the Muscat grapes. The festival is rounded off with folk performances, cultural activities and a festive atmosphere that showcases the history, cuisine and traditions of El Borge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Declared an Event of Tourist Interest by the M\u00e1laga Provincial Council.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Borge, a village renowned for its raisin production and home to just over a thousand inhabitants, organises this festival in honour of the raisin with the M\u00e1laga designation of origin.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","event_category":[],"event_tag":[173,171],"class_list":["post-8570","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_tag-fiestas","event_tag-gastronomia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/8570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=8570"},{"taxonomy":"event_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismoaxarquiacostadelsol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_tag?post=8570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}