Popular festivals in Peligros are Cabalgata Reyes Magos, Fiestas de San Ildefonso, Carnival, Día de Andalucía, Semana Santa, May Crosses, Fiestas de las Mozuelas, San Juan, Festival Internacional de Folclore, Fiestas de Verano and Romería, Día de la Virgen del Rosario, Fiesta de la Castaña y el Mosto, and Halloween and All Saints’ Day.

There is a bus service line 0111 from Granada to Peligros. The bus calls at Poligono Asegra, Urbinazacion La Joya, Pelegros (centre) Vista Alegrenaz.

It is known that the first Roman settlements were established on this site, with at least two villas built in the second and third centuries. During Islamic rule, it was known as Bericlox and served as a farmstead in the Vega, a strategically important location for Elvira or Ilíberis. The Battle of La Higueruela took place near the site in 1431, with Christians and Muslims fighting each other. The Granadan army lost more than 10,000 men in the battle.

Peligros was very important during the Nasrid dynasty (13th-15th centuries) and for the first few years after the Christian re-conquest, supplying Granada City with many agricultural products. Today, it is home to families who work in the provincial capital. The town is located in the north of the Granada valley and is surrounded by orchards and groves.

A contemporary building in the fashionable Neo-Mudejar style of the late nineteenth century

The church, built in 1522 on a former mosque site, was renovated over the 16th–17th centuries. Its main altarpiece was crafted by Tomás Morales, and a 17th-century crucifix by José de Mora was later moved to the Church of Peligros.