Cádiz

Cádiz

Cádiz is Western Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited city. It was founded by the Phoenicians around 1100 BC, but a severe earthquake in 1755 destroyed many of the city’s Old Town structures, and it appears much newer. However, winding cobblestone...
SPAIN’S PUEBLOS BLANCOS

SPAIN’S PUEBLOS BLANCOS

Our bus ride meanders through the Andalusian region known as “Pueblo Blanco,” which signifies nineteen whitewashed villages scattered between Ronda and Cadiz. This morning, we will visit the home and ranch of famous bullfighter Rafael Tejada. The...
RONDA

RONDA

We bid despedida, or farewell, to Granada and boarded the bus for a 110-mile drive to Ronda in the Sierra de las Nieves National Park. The city of 35,000 is split on one corner by a spectacular gorge separating the old-town quarter from modernization. Near Antequera...
GRANADA

GRANADA

Granada’s 235,000 residents live in tightly packed houses strewn across the Alhambra, Albayzín, and Sacromonte hillsides. The Darro, Genil, Monachil, and Beiro Rivers converge in these foothills at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains, explaining why this...
LA MANCHA TO GRANADA

LA MANCHA TO GRANADA

Our Rick Steve’s group travels by bus from Toledo across Spain’s largest plain. La Mancha is Arabic for “land without water.” This vast dry farming region produces cereal crops, sheep, goats, and saffron. European bus drivers are supposed to...