the top of Torreon

A Loop through Grazalema, Ronda and the Parque Natural Sierra de Grazalema

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January 4th 2011
Arcos is a pretty small place, not that it isn't worth a few days, but we get itchy feet. So yesterday, after breakfast we pointed the car east and did a loop through the beautiful country in Andalucia's interior. The landscape is covered in velvety green right now as the winter wheat comes up and cows and windmills dot the rolling hills. There are some beautiful mountains so we stopped in ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more