A drive through Andalusia's whitewashed mountain villages — perched on cliffs, draped over ridgelines, and gleaming against the tawny sierra. Moorish influence, sherry country, and the wild beauty of the Sierra de Grazalema.

Arrêts de ce circuit (10)

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   Arcos de la Frontera The gateway to the White Villages. Arcos clings to a cliff above the Guadalete River — its narrow streets and Moorish castle walls set the tone for the journey ahead.
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   Bornos A lakeside village with a 15th-century ducal palace. The reservoir below provides relief from the Andalusian heat, and the castle gardens offer shade among orange trees.
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   Villamartin A classic Andalusian market town. The weekly market fills the central plaza with olives, cheeses, and cured hams. The surrounding countryside produces some of the region's finest olive oil.
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   Zahara de la Sierra A postcard village crowned by a Moorish tower, reflected in the turquoise reservoir below. In 1481, the Christian recapture of Zahara triggered the final war against Moorish Granada.
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   Grazalema The wettest place in Spain — Atlantic weather systems crash into the Sierra de Grazalema, dumping over 2,000mm of rain annually. The result is unexpectedly lush vegetation in the heart of dry Andalusia.
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   Villaluenga del Rosario The highest village in Cadiz province. Spain's oldest bullring sits in a natural rock amphitheater. The village produces payoyo cheese — made from the milk of the endangered payoya goat breed.
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   Benaocaz Ruins of the Moorish quarter stand alongside the 18th-century village. The Calzada Romana — an ancient Roman road — passes through the countryside connecting these hilltop settlements.
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   Ubrique Famous worldwide for its leather craft. Many luxury fashion houses source their finest leather goods from the artisan workshops of this mountain town — though few consumers know it.
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   Setenil de las Bodegas A village built into the overhanging rock of a river gorge. Houses use the cliff face itself as roofs and walls — a Troglodyte settlement that feels like a geological accident turned architecture.
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    Ronda — Puente Nuevo The journey culminates at Ronda's New Bridge spanning the 100-meter-deep El Tajo gorge. Hemingway wrote about its bullfighting. Orson Welles's ashes were scattered at a ranch nearby.

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