Hill Towns of Andalucia

3:30:00 AM Out And About Global 5 Comments

Rick Steves' recommends a stop in at least one of Andalucia's hill towns. These white washed towns perched atop hills are charmingly quaint with labyrinth alleyways, crumbling architecture and beautiful vistas. At one time they were the Christian front line of defense pushing the Moors and Islam back into Africa. Today they are quiet respites from Spain's bigger and busier cities.

We spent an afternoon in Arco de la Frontera. Most memorable of the day was the animal trainer with a host of birds and a curious meerkat and the old man weaving sun hats in a tiny room off one of the alleyways. He was the post man for his career and when he retired he took over his father in laws small weaving practice. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture!