White Villages

The northeast of the province of Cádiz is an area in Andalusia of singular charm, known today as the Route of the White Villages.

In Andalusia whiteness is the dominant feature in these mountain villages, isolated in the past and very welcoming today.

Villages and towns delight the visitor with the beauty of their urban configuration, very often featuring unusual designs, such as Setenil de las Bodegas, with its houses built into the rock or Olvera, with its well-restored Castle and wooded rocks which emerge, like green islands, amongst the white, terraced village.

Grazalema itself, El Baroque or Zahara de la Sierra are another stunning villages in a district where beauty is the norm.

We should not forget the wealth of local craftwork, from the blankets of Grazalema to the acclaimed leather goods of Ubrique, the latter a large twon almost toatlly dedicated to the production of leather goods and with a wide range of fascinanting caves and fiestas.