Above all else (and there is plenty
)its great all the Moorish Monuments that compete
for your attention in Andalucia, The moors, a mixed
race of Berbers and Arabs who crossed into Spain from
Morocco and North Africa, occupied andalucia for over
7 centuries.
These 3 cities have, of course, become major tourist
destinations, but the smaller inland towns of Andalucia
are often totally unspoiled. These is an amazing potential;
Renaissence towns such as Ubeda, Baeza and Osuna Guadix
with its caves, Moorish Carmona and the stark white
hill towns around Ronda, are all easily accssible
by local buses.
Province also takes in mountains, Sierra Nevada where
you can ski in Febraury, and then drive down to the
coast for a swim, the same day. Perhaps more compelling,
though, are the opportunities for walking in the lower
slopes, Las Alpujarras. Alternatively, there´s
good trekking amongst the gentler hills of Sierra
Morena.
Extending Malaga is La Costa del sol, Europe's most
heavily developed resort area, with its beaches hidden
behind a remorseless density of concrete hotels and
apartment complexes. However, the province takes in
two alternatives, much less developed and with some
of the best beaches in all Spain. These are the villages
between Tarifa and Cádiz on the Atlantic, and
those around Almeria on the southeast corner of the
Mediterranean. The Almerian beaches allow warm swimming
through all but the winter months; those near Cádiz,
more easily accesible, are fine from about June to
September. Near Cádiz, too, is the Coto de
Doñana national park. Doñana National
park, spain's largest and most important nature reserve.
Andalucia is also Spain at its most exuberant the
home of flamenco and the bullfight, and those wild
and extravagant cliches of the hundreds of annual
fiestas, ferias and romerías. The best of them
include the gigan April Feria in Sevilla, the ageless
pilgrimage to El Rocio near Huelva in late May, and
the dramatically moving Semana Santa - Easter - celebrations
at Málaga, Granada, Sevilla Cordoba and Jerez.
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