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Frigiliana sugar cane day suspended due to tragic death of young motorcyclist

The mill that produces the famous 'miel de caña' was planning offer tours to the public on Saturday 2 May, but the town hall has suspended the event as a sign of respect to the man and his family who are from the eastern Costa del Sol town

Visitors inside the sugar cane mill at a previous event. (E. Cabezas)

Jennie Rhodes

30/04/2026 Actualizado 01/05/2026 - 12:09h.

Frigiliana town hall has announced the suspension of its 'Día de la Miel de Caña', which pays tribute to this traditional sweet treat in Malaga and was due to take place on Saturday 2 May, due to the death of 25-year-old Alberto Jaime Platero, a resident of the town who was tragically killed in a motorbike accident on Thursday 30 April.

Although 'miel de caña' isn't technically honey, in Spanish it is described as such, which literally translates as honey from cane. Frigiliana is home to the only working sugar cane mill in Europe: Ingenio Nuestra Señora del Carmen.

Sugar cane was introduced to the Iberian peninsula from Asia during the Muslim rule and then taken to America by Christopher Columbus. For more than five centuries and until just sixty years ago sugar cane formed part of the landscape and economy of Malaga province.

Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Frigiliana factory dates back to 1725, although the history goes back to the 17th century and a previous mill founded by Íñigo Manrique de Lara, the first Count of Frigiliana.

For further information about sugar cane production in Frigiliana and previous editions of the event go to: www.andaluciamia.com.