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Route passing the
mountainous regions of the Sierra de Grazalema, Serrania de Ronda
and Los Alcornocales. This trip can be easily combined
with the visit of the cities of Cádiz,
Seville and Málaga or relaxing beach holidays
on the eastern part of the Costa de la Luz or on the Costa
del Sol. An excursion takes the traveller to the Natural
Site El Torcal near Antequera. It is also
possible to visit the rocks of Gibraltar.
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Where to start
Málaga, Jerez de la Frontera, Seville.
Worth seeing:
Arcos de la Frontera, Ronda, Casares a.o.
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This Route
combines the both most important cities of the Moorish erain
Spain - Córdoba
and Granada - with the Guadalquivir valley and the
fertile Granadian plateau ("Vega"). It runs through
the Natural Park of the Sierras
Subbéticas with its small and tranquile villages and passes
further on several smaller mountainous regions. It might be
combined with a trip to the Sierra Nevada or to the
tiny villages of the Alpujarra region (see below).
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On
the route:
Fernán Núñez, Aguilar de la Frontera, Priego de Córdoba,
Alcalá la Real, Baena, Cabra, Montilla a.o.
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This route is named
after the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi and connects the citie
of Algeciras with Granada. It mainly runs along
the large coastline of the "Costa del Sol" and
the "Costa Tropical", beginning at the Straits of Gibraltar
and ending in Motril. Then it turns north passing the valley of Lecrín
to finish on the feet of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Granada.
Excursions: Natural Parks Los
Alcornocales and Montes de Málaga, La Alpujarra.
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On
the route:
Estepona, Casares, Marbella, Málaga, Mijas, Nerja, Almuñecar, Salobreña,
Durcal.
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Situated east of
Almería, the Natural Park Cabo
de Gata-Níjar has almost untouched bays on the
coast up to the village of Mojácar, called
Levante. The interior of the park can astonish you with a mix of
mountains and desert. On his way to Granada, the
traveller passes either the Alpujarra or the higher
region of the Sierra Nevada in the north. If he
continues his journey to the northeast, he gets to the Natural
Park Sierra de María-Los
Vélez.
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Start:
Almería
Worth seeing:: Tabernas (desert), archaeological
deposit "Los Millares", rock beaches.
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Roman settlements
as Itálica - located close to Seville and founded by
Scipio the Elder - or the villages of Carmona,
Marchena, Écija and Osuna have already
been described by the roman geographer Teóphorus at the end of
the 2nd century A.C. The Roman Route of Baetica connects Hispalis
(Seville) with Corduba (Córdoba) and Gades
(Cádiz) and focusses mainly the lower valley of the river
Guadalquivir and the Sevillian Campiña.
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Where to start
Seville, Cádiz
Worth seeing::
Carmona, Marchena, Osuna, Ecija, La Luisiana, Jerez a.o.
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From its capital Jaén
the route passes the "sister towns" Baeza und Úbeda,
gems of the Renaissance and the Gothic eras. The trip runs
through the Natural Park Sierra de Cazorla,
Segura und Las Villas, the largest one of the Iberian peninsula
and source of the Guadalquivir and the Segura river. Cazorla
is to be considered the most important village of the park, but
also La Iruela, Hornos and Segura de la
Sierra are worth to be visited.
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Worth
seeing::
In the Natural Park: the artificial lake "Tranco" and
the "Torre de Vinagre". Region La Loma close to Baeza
and Úbeda.
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A shorter roundtrip
through the western part of the Sierra
Morena runs through the forests of the Natural Park Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche
and takes you to the heart of the production of the famous cured "serrano"-ham: Jabugo.
Castles, churches, mosques and pilgrim's chaples testify the
religious traditions of this region and his people. Of special
interest: the Cave of Marvel ("Gruta de las
Maravillas") in the small town of Aracena
and a giant open cast mine in Minas de Riotinto.
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Where to start
Seville, Huelva
Worth seeing::
Aracena, Alájar, Aroche, Almonaster la Real, Fuenteheridos
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For enthusiasts of
the andalusian horse and the Sherry wine we
recommend a shorter route, that starts in Jerez de
la Frontera. It combines the large coast region
between
Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Vejer de la Frontera
with the inland of the Cádiz province up to Arcos de la Frontera.
Visits of the Doñana National Park and the Natural Parks
of Los Alcornocales
("the cork oaks") can be added.
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Starting
point
Jerez de la Frontera
On the route: Cádiz, Sanlúcar, El Puerto de St. María, Vejer,
Conil, Arcos, Medina Sidonia
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Located in the
southeast of Granada the route leads the traveller to the last
refuge of the Moors, placed between the Sierra
Nevada and the Sierras de Lújar and Contraviesa.
The landscape between the bathing resort of Lanjarón and
the pass Puerto
de la Ragua (on 2000 meters) is dominated by
high mountains, tiny white villages, sheltered valleys and deep
gorges. The route then passes the famous cave house village Guadix
and returns to the city of Granada. Alternative: further east to
Ohanes to reach finally the city of Almería.
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Starting
point
Granada, Almería
Villages: Lanjarón, Capileira, Trevélez, Guadix, Laujár de Andarax, Ohanes
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