Located on what was once the most important Roman road in Spain (the Via Augusta from Rome to Cadiz), Los Montesinos is a traditional Spanish village with a modern feel. Nowadays Los Montesinos has a sizeable British expat community and a number of British bars and restaurants aimed at its British residents, these mingle nicely with the traditional Spanish ones giving the village a cosmopolitan aura. Los Montesinos is right in the middle of citrus farming country and its surrounding roads are lined with orange and lemon groves, the village originally took its name from a family of noblemen who governed the local people many centuries ago.