priego_de_cordobaOne out of ten visitors that daily come to Andalusia is an English native. From that country, the biggest percentage of foreigners who visit the south of Spain arrives. The administrations know it and every year, for the time being, Andalusia takes the English capital for a few days in order to watch to take to the cloudy London a few sunrays and light. The excuse is the Word Travel Market. During this week Andalusia is present in subways, museums, walks and avenues, centers of art and pubs from the whole city. But: what are those places people prefer the most that country? Here you are eight clues that cannot be waived to move our English friends.

1. The eccentric Cabo de Gata

It is the most singular, fascinating and strangest nature reserve of Andalusia. It enlarges its limits which are protected between the sea and the mountain, just one step away from Bars, the only one desert in Europe. The road that joins Almeria with the nature reserve skirts one scenery belonging to the steppe around where some creeping and padded vegetation grows evoking the deserts of the Baja California and the uncovered Andean high plateaus. The Mediterranean Sea bathes the shores of the park. Between beaches with fine and cinnamon-colored sands, the nature hides a set of secret coves; many of them are difficult and complicated to access. The most evocative ones are kept aside according to the Genoeses and Mónsul beaches, two sand arches are opened for the cleanest sea ever existed, next to the fishing town known as San Jose. Some coves as Honda or the Luna are main sights for the naturist tourism and by the ones who long for diving.

2. The roof of the Peninsula

The national park of Sierra Nevada possesses eleven summits that overcome a three-thousand-meters height. The roof of the Iberian Peninsula is here and carries the name of a Nasrid sultan that according to the legend ordered to be buried in these heights along with his favorite lover, the slave Zoraya. The Mulhacén reaches a 3.482-meter altitude, but it is not as famous as its youngest brother, the Veleta peak, which has a 3.398-meter altitude and is considered as the symbol of the mountain range. The Veleta is visible from tens places of the province of Granada, while the Mulhacén has not that good position.

After the spring thaws, the Veleta is a temptation for the ones who love trekking that climb up to there by using exposed ways and steep ways of stone where, in clear days, it is possible to discern the Mediterranean Sea and the North African coasts. During these days the resort prepares itself to receive a new edition of winter sports. It begins to snow over there.

3. Baroque Priego (Priego of Cordoba)

Priego, in Cordova, possesses two arguments that nourish its pride. The city names the denomination of origin to one of the most valued extra virgin olive oil from Spain and it also houses the most valuable baroque heritage of the Spanish south. In fact, the romantic travelers who came there throughout the 19th century weren’t ashamed to consider this place to be the capital of the Andalusian baroque. The Villa quarter, for example, is one of the most harmonious urban spaces of the province. In the balconies of the houses, some geraniums, jasmines and suit hanger hang.

The Asuncion church has a very noble condition. Wealthy families enriched it with baroque chapels and images that are praiseworthy. But there is a white area where the first sunrays stealthily enter with reverential respect. It is known as the Sagrario, an octagonal area where the adjectives run out, where the admiration is minimized between this subtle game of forms and curves, reliefs and proportions.

4. Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas

It is the most extensive nature reserve of Spain which was widely spread by the distinguished doctor Felix Rodriguez de la Fuentes. At present, one of the most beautiful interiors within this mountain range carries the name of the late naturalist. The route runs along the main part of the park. The itinerary begins from the viewpoint that carries its name next to the tailwaters of the Tranco de Beas reservoir, and goes deep into some of the most valuable corners of this protected area.

One of the most important stops is the Torre del Vinagre (Tower of the Vinegar), where it is located the center for receiving visitors of the park. So close, there is the botanical garden, the fish farm and the waterfalls of the Borosa river, formed by a succession of waterfalls that embodies one of the most beautiful pictures of the interior of this mountainous range from Jaen. In these autumn days, this park changes its natural colors. You better go and see it.

5. The noble écija

Washed by the brown waters of the river Genil, écija rests in the basin of the Sevillian hollow where olive trees and cereals fields germinate. Milled around the square known as Plaza de España, the city disperses between narrow streets and avenues perfumed by the blossom where time have left one of the biggest baroque heritages of Andalusia. The biggest écija square has a very Andalusian touch. Some slender palm trees face the place, and in sunsets, upholster with shades the town hall and the haughty belfry known as the San Francisco church.

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