Welcome to Juzcar – the first and only official Smurfs village in the world…
Visiting the Blue Smurfs Village
On our way to Algarve from Castellon, we couldn’t miss a chance to visit Juzcar, the famous Andalusia´s Blue Smurfs Village. I´ll be honest here: after places like Ronda or Sevilla you might get a feeling there’s not much to do in the area (plus the mountain road towards Juzcar is uncomfortably narrow), but on the other hand – you don´t get to feel like you’re a part of Smurfs cartoon every day, right?!
The Story of Juzcar
Before 2011 Juzcar was one of many typical “white” villages in Andalusia. But after Sony Pictures launched the idea of “The Blue Smurfs Village“, as a part of their promotional campaign for The Smurfs movie, locals decided to take part and painted their traditional “pueblo blanco” in bright blue… However, what was initially supposed to be a temporary project, ended up turning into the city´s trademark (Of course, such a fairy-tale transformation boosted tourism in the area, so no wonder locals ended up voting to let it this way).
In fact, these traditional Spanish little villages like Juzcar or Fanzara, keep surprising me with their new modern faces. Their recent makeovers only embrace each one´s uniqueness and charisma, while simply adding to the streets a little splash of colors. Spain is surprisingly full os the fairytale places that are straight out of the storybook …
How to visit Juzcar
Juzcar can be visited from both Ronda (30 min) and Malaga (1h). Although in my opinion, it is not a fit for a day trip from anywhere else. The blue smurf´s village is very instagramable, plus you´re most likely to have it all for yourself. It´s fun to hang around for a while, our baby-daughter enjoyed it as well.
There´s one local bar, but that´s pretty much all. Besides, as I´ve already told you – a part of the road is not much wider than one car. Although you won´t find much traffic on it either, I´ve really had worse moments driving towards Masca in Tenerife.
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What a cool and unique place to visit! I love it! I’ve never seen a city all in blue. Thank you for sharing. #TheWeeklyPostcard
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What a beautiful little village. It almost doesn’t look real. It’s kind of funny that its the result of a promotional thing for the smurfs moving. Love your photos. Thanks for sharing on #TheWeeklyPostcard
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LOL – I didn’t know that there was a Smurf village. I kind of love this. A LOT. It’s beautiful!! Such a random way to get on the radar, but whatever works, right?? #TheWeeklyPostcard
I’ve heard of this town and totally want to visit!!! It’s sooooo pretty!! Love how it was all painted blue! Thanks for linking up with #TheWeeklyPostcard!
What a “blue” little village! I haven’t seen this part of Spain, but your post really made me curious about it. The “white” villages in Andalusia must also be great to photograph. #TheWeeklhyPostcard
The white villages of Andalusia are also amazing: such a beautiful region!
The Blue Smurfs Village looks so interesting. I love the color of the buildings – the blue reminds me of Tiffany Blue XD. It’s cool that there’s a story behind this village. Thanks for sharing!
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ahahahaha no way! The Smurfs village!!! I have to go there!! Awesome!
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Oh wow this place is gorgeous, and certainly Instagramable! I’d love to visit!
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Very Instagramable! Thanks, Sophie!
Wow! This is such a cool village! I never even knew it existed but now i really want to visit. Its such an instagrammable place. Thanks for sharing xx
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It looks so beautiful ❤
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This place is too cute to miss! I have heard about it before and would add it to a road trip around Andalucia. In my eyes, different is good. #TheWeeklyPostcard
Couldn´t agree more! Different is the best!
Probably the coolest village i’ve seen! Its so beautiful x
Lizzie Oladunni
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Omg I love this smurf village like! It looks astonishing. I really like quiet place like this village, great place to distress and relax.
So true! Such a cool place!
This village looks incredible – that vivid blue colour is so cute and fun!! I definitely need to visit here soon!
Heather xoxo
Thank you, Heather! It´s cute indeed!
I never even heard of this blue village!!! It is so magical, so pretty!!!
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What a cool smurf village. Interesting story about how this tiny village turned its white buildings into all blue in color. Great fun find. Thanks for sharing! #feetdotravel