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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

El Torcal de Antequera

While writing about Ronda and looking through my photos of our trip there, I relive the motorhome weekend that my family of five had. It´s a rare occasion these days that five of us travel together, but I´ve some great memories of that weekend and our experiences.

Picking up the motorhome we crossed the aquamarine reservoir of Iznajar and headed towards Antequera. We got away far later than planned and spent the night down a country lane near El Torcal de Antequera, as overnighting in the park is not allowed. El Torcal is an incredible nature reserve of surreal weathered Jurassic limestone.







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