Pueblos Blancos in Andalusia

It’s 9:20 and the sun still hasn’t set and dinner preparations are just starting. Welcome to Spain. 

We returned around 7:00 after a 2-day, 1-night trip to the Publeos Blancos in Andalusia. We left around 10:00 on Monday and stopped at a Moorish defense castle (with no railings which completely freaked me out). The boys, of course, loved it. We then stopped in Zahara de la Sierra for lunch. It is one of the Pueblos Blancos (white towns) and is known for its Corpus Christi celebration. The main town streets were covered in straw and the walls covered in greenery- a ton of work and crazy to see! 

We then went to the Pileta Cave which has cave paintings up to 40,000 years old. Seriously!?!?!!  And impressive also because it has had 9 different groups of people living in the cave. Very cool. We then headed to Cortes de la Frontera (which means it was a town on the front between the Moors and the Christians) where we stayed the night. We enjoyed snacks on the deck and then dinner in town (hard to find a place to eat on a Monday night).

We slept in until around 11:00 and then walked around town a bit before heading to Ronda. We grabbed lunch and checked out the various bridges across the gorge (3 different bridges built over time). Such an amazing town and trip. So thankful for Matthew as our host and guide. 

The Moorish castle 

You can see D-man up there...... 

On top of the tower 

The streets of Zahara covered with straw and the walls covered with greenery. Crazy experience. 

View from Zahara 

Where we are lunch 

Waiting for the cave tour (no pics allowed) 

Snacks on the deck in Cortes de la Frontera 

Town square in Cortes 

Walking back from dinner - we were the only people out 

View of another white town 

Gaming


View down the street from our place in Cortes 

View down the valley from Ronda 

Ronda 

Checking out the bridge 

Look at that bridge!! Connected the old town to the new town 

The old wall around Ronda 

The other side of the bridge 

Ronda 

Bull fighting is huge in this area - this is the on one of the doors to the bull ring in Ronda