The Peavy Family Blog: 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.