As seen on Netflix · 2025
Dos Tumbas was filmed here.
In June 2024 a Netflix crew spent three weeks shooting in Frigiliana and across the Axarquía. The result — Dos Tumbas, a three-episode revenge thriller — landed on Netflix in August 2025 and went straight to number one in Spain. Here’s what was filmed where, and how to walk it.
What is Dos Tumbas?
Dos Tumbas (English title: Two Graves) is a Spanish-language Netflix limited series in three episodes, released on 29 August 2025. It was directed by Kike Maíllo (Eva, A Perfect Enemy) and written by Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero — the trio who write best-sellers together under the pen name Carmen Mola.
The premise: two years after sixteen-year-olds Verónica and Marta vanish on the Costa del Sol and the police case is closed for lack of evidence, Verónica’s grandmother Isabel (Kiti Mánver) refuses to let it go. She launches her own off-the-books investigation, which mutates from a search for the truth into a pursuit of revenge. Álvaro Morte (the Professor in Money Heist) plays opposite her as Rafael Salazar.
Roughly six hours of television in total — lean, dark, unmistakably Andalusian. It hit number one on Netflix Spain in its opening weekend and was nominated for Best Fiction, Best Screenplay and Best Direction at the 2026 Iris Awards.
What was filmed in Frigiliana?
The Frigiliana shoot was coordinated by the Axarquía Film Office and ran across roughly 10–30 June 2024. The production timed its visit deliberately so the village’s patron-saint fair would be in full swing while cameras were rolling.
The Feria de San Antonio
The crew filmed during the actual Feria de San Antonio de Padua — the five-day fair around 13th June. The pilgrimage, the stalls, the saint’s procession through the old town and the late crowds in the feria ground all appear on screen as themselves, not as a recreation. If you want to stand in the same scenes the camera captured, the feria is the time to be in the village.
The casco antiguo as a backdrop
Beyond the fair sequences, Frigiliana’s old town — the whitewashed walls, the cobbled callejones, the bougainvillea spilling over balconies, the long flights of stepped streets — is used as general backdrop throughout the series. The atmospheric night exteriors and the sense of a closed, watching village owe a lot to the geometry of Frigiliana’s historic core.
An honest note. No public source we could find names specific Frigiliana streets, plazas or houses scene-by-scene. We’re not going to invent any. If you watch the series and recognise an exact location — the steps, the corner, the balcony — we’d love to hear about it and add it here. Drop us a line.
Beyond Frigiliana
Other Axarquía filming locations.
The production used several other places along the coast and inland. All within easy reach if you want to tick them off in a day.
Nerja — Balcón de Europa
Nerja’s famous clifftop promenade (6 km from Frigiliana) features in the series. The natural focal point of any visit to Nerja anyway, with sweeping views over two beaches and the bay.
Nerja — Casa Antonio
The long-running restaurant in central Nerja appears on screen. Worth a meal in its own right; the location-spotting is a bonus.
Torrox — Mirador de Calaceite
The viewpoint above Torrox, looking down the coast towards Nerja and beyond to Maro. Easy detour if you’re driving the N-340.
Torrox Costa — La Restinga
Beachside restaurant on the Torrox seafront, also used as a location. Sit outside; watch the series back over a long lunch.
Cabo de Gata, Almería
Outside the Axarquía, but the production also shot in Cabo de Gata — specifically La Almadraba de Monteleva and around San José. Three hours’ drive east; worth a separate trip.
Madrid & Barcelona
Production base was Madrid, with additional location work in Barcelona. The Andalusian sequences are the ones to come for if you’re here.
Cast & crew, briefly
- Director: Kike Maíllo (all three episodes).
- Created & written by: Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz, Antonio Mercero — the writers behind the Carmen Mola crime novels.
- Isabel Luque: Kiti Mánver — veteran Andalusian actress (born in Antequera, Málaga).
- Rafael Salazar: Álvaro Morte — the Professor in La Casa de Papel.
- Antonio: Hovik Keuchkerian.
- Verónica & Marta: Nadia Vilaplana and Zoe Arnao as the two missing teenagers.
- Production: Netflix Spain, with location coordination by the Axarquía Film Office.
How to watch it while you’re here
Dos Tumbas streams on Netflix worldwide. The original audio is Spanish; English subtitles and an English dub are both available. Three episodes, roughly an hour each — an evening’s viewing.
Our recommendation: watch episode one before you arrive so you have the geography in your head, then walk the casco antiguo the next morning. The series will reframe what you’re looking at — the same streets, but with a different weight.
Common questions
Is Dos Tumbas based on a true story?
No. The series is original fiction, written by the Carmen Mola trio (Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz, Antonio Mercero). It draws on the atmosphere of small-town Andalucía rather than a specific real case.
Will there be a season two?
Unlikely — it was conceived and produced as a self-contained three-episode limited series. The story finishes inside the three episodes.
Did the actors stay in Frigiliana during the shoot?
We don’t know publicly where the cast were based. Production was coordinated through the Axarquía Film Office across multiple municipalities, so accommodation could have been anywhere from Frigiliana itself to Nerja or further along the coast.
Are there guided tours of the filming locations?
Not as of writing. The casco antiguo is small enough that you can walk it yourself in an hour, and the Nerja and Torrox locations are public and easy to find. If a local operator launches a tour we’ll list it on the things to do page.
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