Between the Torcal Mountains and a vast fertile plain, along the Route of Washington Irving, lies the millennial city of Antequera. Cradle of illustrious characters, forerunner of the Renaissance in southern Spain, and a unique reference of the Andalusian Baroque, Antequera is…

The military campagin of Egipto also brought along the mission of creating an encyclopedia which implied a formidable catalogation covering all fields. It was know “the richest museum of the world.”

Old sayings in the Mediterrranen region make up an extraordinary linguistic mosaic in the island of Malta.

Domingo Badía Leblich still lives in documented memory as Godoy’s spy who managed to get into Meca disguised as an Abbasid prince. He entered history as Ali Bey, The traveller.

Along the Route of the Alpujarras, Almería counted itself the most important seaport in al-Andalus; hence its defence had to be extraordinary and, consequently, Abd-er-Rahman conceived its citadel as a palace-fortress that became the most colossal building of its type in Europe.

In the Route of the Caliphate, nestling against a hillock, Castillo de Locubín offers breath-taking view that overlooks its adjoining provinces: Granada, Córdoba and Jaén. From its fortress, the view of the majestic Sierra Nevada spreads with the fertile plain and the city of Granada in its foothills.

Most people and civilisations settled over the ages in Andalusia around or on top of hillocks overlooking their surroundings, like Medina Sidonia, in the Route of Almoravids and Almohads, whose horizon has been shared by different civilizations.

​Part III

According to noted scholars from al-Andaus such as al-Hiyari (12^th– 13^th c.) and Ibn Khaldun (14^th c.), a poet born in Cabra (Córdoba) known as the Blind man of Cabra was the inventor of the muwashshah.

Osuna, in the Route of Washington Irving, echoes the splendour of centuries in its palaces, churches, convents, its university… everything leaves the visitor in awe, as it happened to the author of the Tales of the Alhambra, after whom the Route was named.

​Part II

According to noted scholars from al-Andaus such as al-Hiyari (12^th– 13^th c.) and Ibn Khaldun (14^th c.), a poet born in Cabra (Córdoba) known as the Blind man of Cabra was the inventor of the muwashshah.

Fondón, placed on the Route of the Alpujarras, is located in a historic landscape that was of a great importance in the final days of al-Andalus.

​Part I

According to noted scholars from al-Andaus such as al-Hiyari (12^th– 13^th c.) and Ibn Khaldun (14^th c.), a poet born in Cabra (Córdoba) known as the Blind man of Cabra was the inventor of the muwashshah.

Parte II

The Mediterranean Sea was the starting point of the knowledge that stimulated the Atlantic adventure thank to the different scientific legacies that Arabs had developed masterfully.

Jerez de la Frontera is something more than wine, flamenco and horses -either thoroughbred or those of power in motorbikes. Its records get across far different periods, the most outstanding of which, al-Andalus, becomes evident in the Route of Almoravids and Almohads.

The National Park of the Grazalema Mountains is home of the famous Pueblos Blancos (White Villages), of great natural beauty and long history. Grazalema, in the Route of Almoravids and Almohads is included in the list…

Part I

For the Latin Middle Ages, the Atlantic was Mare Tenebrosum; for the Arabs, Bahr al-Zulamat. Both meant “The Sea of Darkness,” and anyone who has looked west …

Arcos de la Frontera, on the Route of the Almoravids and Almohads, stands out between the mountain range of Cádiz and the fertile plain of Jerez as if it was a stranded ship. Romans called it Arx Arcis, which means “high-rised fortress”. Arkos, in times of al-Andalus, was a flourishing town that, after the fall of the Umayyad caliphate became a taifa (independent kingdom) headed by a king of Berber origin named Ben Khazrum.