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Íllar is a southern Spanish village and municipality (municipio) in the province of Almería with 460 inhabitants (as of 2024).

a wonder to behold with the Sierra Nevada in the background

The village with about 700 inhabitants is situated on the river, in a beautiful place surrounded by large rocks and hills that, together with the white houses of Arab origin in terraces and the orchards, form a beautiful sight. The parish church is worth mentioning.

For most of the year it is a dry gorge and a great place to enjoy not only views of the impressive geology (in places the heavy, compressed earth crust hangs sheerly above eroded pillars of earth) but also rare birds such as the 'Hobby' which is only found in this part of Europe.

La Balsa de la Chanata is a mountain lagoon in the Sierra de Gádor, Almería, at 1,423 m above sea level at the junction of Enix, Felix, Instinción, Bentarique and Terque.

The town hall of Rágol

Kleiner Park in Rágol

In the Al-Andalus period, the town was in a different location. It was in a higher area called "lugarejo". Jorge Lirola assures us that Illar comes from the Arabic word al-Aliya, meaning "la Alta" (the high one).