Zújar boasts an historic centre consisting of an Arab Quarter, and whitewashed houses - some dating back as far as the 17th Century. There is also an enormous area of cave-houses - which stretch out over the hill of Abatel in a huge multicoloured patchwork effect - as well as a more recently constructed area, which has sprung up since the beginning of the 1970's and which stretches out into the plains.

The urban area itself stretches between Cerro Jabalcón and Cerro Jaufí, alongside rich plains, still with traces of agriculture and traditional settlements. The oldest areas - their place names of Arab origin - still retain their Moorish flavour, an intricate network of narrow streets which lead out onto Zújar's Rambla - or main boulevard - which divides the town centre in two.