Its origins date back to the 16th century, when, due to an epidemic, the Duke of Alba, owner of these lands, authorised the inhabitants of Villoria to settle here.

In 1170 the Villa de Granada was founded by King Leon Don Fernando, which kept its name until the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, when it was renamed Granadilla, until the present day.

In 1446, King Juan II donated the entire Lordship of Granada to Fernando Álvarez de Toledo and it thus belonged to the House of Alba until the 19th century.

The town is dominated by the castle of Granadilla, a defensive construction of granite masonry that stands alongside the remains of what was once its imposing Almohad wall.

The town was born under the name of La Zarza and was later joined by Granadilla, when the urban centre of the latter was completely abandoned when most of its land was flooded after the construction of the Gabriel y Galán reservoir.

For lovers of good food, this is a place to stop and taste its typical dishes, as well as the local sausages and sweets, including coquillos, perrunillas, floretas and fried doughnuts.

A visit to the municipality should not miss the village of granadilla, which is in the process of being restored and conserves a large part of the Almohad walls and the medieval castle, as well as its parish church.

At the fall of the Ancien Régime, the town became a constitutional municipality in the region of Extremadura, Judicial District of Granadilla, then known as La Zarza.

The village has a rural grouped school, the CRA Ambroz, to which the municipalities of Abadía, Casas del Monte and La Granja belong.