Would you be in a place where sea, sun, culture, hiking, excursions are all together? It is a dreamy place, right? This post will walk you through some of the best photos of Andalusia. Create your own tour of Andalusia based on amazing photos of landscapes, sea views and infinite green meadows.
Andalusia it’s a region in Southern west Spain, facing the coasts of Morocco. This part of Europe has got over 300 days of sun. This particular condition make cities like Malaga, Sevilla, Alicante, the perfect location for travellers who wants a retreat for winter sun in Europe.
How to organize the tour Andalusia
Andalusia is a dreamy place and we are happy to share with you what we have seen in our last road trip in Spain.
And as you want to call this place if Andalusia or Andalucia, or even like the German speaker prefer Andalusien, this awesome country fills full your soul and leave in your mind a lot of natural landscapes and magic night on the beach.
It was an amazing trip, we have driven for more than 1000 kilometres going around the independent Spanish region. We will show you the best this place have to share with the World, we will do that through the best thing we do, the photography.
If you want to discover Andalusia Spain, you need to plan in advance to see as many places you can. It is a really huge land and the tour of Andalusia will feature Seville, Cordoba, Granada, Ronda, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malaga and all the small town on the Mediterranean coast in front of Marocco. Andalusia is well known as the land of olive groves and rolling hills of almond blossom. Seville, but all the Andalusia is known as well for the famous flamenco dancers and the flamenco show and the gipsy songs, the bullfighting and the bullrings. The most known word in Spanish all the World can pronounce are fiestas and Cerveza.
Discover Andalucia – Plan your trip
The cultural attractions in Andalusia are not just beaches and food, but magical UNESCO World Heritage sights such as the Alhambra Palace and Albaicin in Granada, the white houses in Ronda, the small Andalusian town. This land is very rich in Renaissance architecture and mixes the culture with the Arabic domine.
Not just the Arabic dominated Andalusia in the past, before the Moorish, here there were the Romans. Andalusia was re-conquered in 1226 and was the first Andalusia town to be won back from the Moors. An even little town as Baeza was an important medieval town during the 16th century, rich of outstanding buildings includes the Palacio de Jabalquinto, a Gothic palace with an Isabelline facade, and the Cathedral, rebuilt in 1567.
What to do and see in Malaga. Discover Andalusia and South Spain – Tour Andalusia
You will come with us in a trip where quickly will pass from the seaside of Malaga, Gibraltar, Tarifa and Cadiz, to the beauty of the buildings and the ancient influences of the Moorish domination on Seville. You cannot miss in your trip to Andalusia to visit Granada, one of the pearl of this region, big like a city but with the feeling of a small ancient town on the rock. Granada is at the foot of the mountains of Sierra Nevada, a range mountain really big, snowed even in winter. One hour and a half by car away from Seville there is Cordoba, an ancient Roman city, became the main centre of Islam and now is an iconic place of Andalucia.
There are a lot of things to do in Andalucia like locals prefer to call this amazing land. You need to plan your tour of Andalucia in advance if you don’t want to miss anything. From cultural visits to the best beaches in Andalucia, the Spanish territory have everything you want for your special holiday. We are working on an Andalusia Itinerary, where doesn’t matter in which season you are.
Organize your day tour of Andalusia starting from one city, the main airports are Seville, Granada and Malaga. The busiest is the last one, on the coast of southern Spain, here you can go for a guided tour or travel the land by yourself. There are a lot of guided tours, try to ask your hotel to book one for you, there are some really cheap.
Of course, if you land in Andalusia in Summer the region is really hot, statistically it has around 300 days of sunshine in a year, make it the sunniest region in the World.
The name Costa del Sol is coming from that reason, “Costa” it is mean “coast” and “del sol” is mean “of Sun”. Make your own Andalusia itinerary and choice what to see in Andalusia by yourself.
Manage your holidays better as possible going around the coast, think about Andalusia is a Region and is big, sometimes the distances between a place to another are huge an if you are not a big fan of driving you will have some problem and take rest along the way. Plan to stay for a couple of days in the main cities, like for Seville, the capital of Andalusia.
Organize a city trip of Seville, choose the best place to stay in Seville and the best Tapas Seville for a nice lunch, the Seville food is one of the best in Andalusia.
If you head in Malaga and we suggest to do, try to find the best beaches in Malaga and stay over for a weekend Malaga, just a bit out of the city there are small towns, we suggest you take a rest and find the best beaches in Marbella.
This part of Andalusia is one of the best and you can find a really Cheap hotels, Costa del Sol. If you want to invest in this part of Spain, have a better look for the Costa del Sol property bargains.
You will come with us in a trip where quickly will pass from the seaside of Malaga, Gibraltar, Tarifa and Cadiz, to the beauty of the buildings and the ancient influences of the Moorish domination on Seville. You cannot miss in your trip to Andalusia to visit Granada, one of the pearl of this region, big like a city but with the feeling of a small ancient town on the rock. Granada is at the foot of the mountains of Sierra Nevada, a range mountain really big, snowed even in winter. One hour and a half by car away from Seville there is Cordoba, an ancient Roman city, became the main centre of Islam and now is an iconic place of Andalucia.
There are a lot of things to do in Andalucia like locals prefer to call this amazing land. You need to plan your tour of Andalucia in advance if you don’t want to miss anything. From cultural visits to the best beaches in Andalucia, the Spanish territory have everything you want for your special holiday. We are working on an Andalusia Itinerary, where doesn’t matter in which season you are.
Plaza de España of Seville – Tour of Andalusia
Spain is really filled with Squares called Plaza de Espana, but the most iconic is in Andalusia, in Seville, the proper andalusien one. The colours and the canal going around the amazing square, give to this place the magic of the fairytales.
Cadiz – Seaside and view on the old town – Tour of Andalucia
The landscape of the seaside of Cadiz is really amazing, a long line of beach, sand and sea. It is amazing to walk on the seaside and enjoy the warm weather of this city. It is a big city with an ancient history, connected to the mainland by a single bridge that allows you to enter and exit the city.
Cordoba – The Arabic domination and Mezquita
Gibraltar – The free life of macaques – Tour Andalusia
Those curious macaques are free on the rock, the local authorities feed them regularly to avoid their descent into the city. Nobody knows the truth about how these animals, typical of the African continent, have arrived on the Spanish coasts. Someone thinks they have arrived here on board the merchant ships from the near coasts of Morocco.
To go to the top of the rock there is a cable car, from there you can have a beautiful view on the Spanish coast and understand all the border of Gibraltar.
Gibraltar – The view on the Moroccan land – Tour Andalusia
This is one of the European nearest points with Africa, you can reach by boat the coast of Marocco in less than an hour and a half. There are a lot of ferry company offering this service and the price are going from 50 euro to 150 euro.
Granada – The Alhambra is magic – Tour Andalusia
Granada is a really big city, the main attraction of this place is the Alhambra, it is a true walled city, a medina that occupies most of the Sabika hill. It is part of the UNESCO heritage together with the Generalife.
Granada – Don’t miss it in your Tour of Andalucia
Ronda – The white town of Andalucia – Tour Andalusia
Jerez de la Frontera – The town of the Moto Gp
Jerez de la Frontera is a pretty little town in a middle way between Cadiz and Seville. We stopped here just because Toti knew this place for the Moto GP. We found the annual “Feira del Caballo”, where people from all over come to see the best quality of horses in the World, the Andalusian Horse. It is well known and the city is pretty to be visited, there is a touristic centre. The people working in are really nice and gentle, the office is right in the main square of the town.
Malaga – Playa Malagueta – Tour Andalusia
The beautiful and long coast give to Malaga the sceptre of the King of Andalusia. In summer this place is so busy, all the people in Andalusia are going to the coast and since May you will find this beach completely full.
Malaga is well known even as a cruise harbour, so expect to see hordes of tourists overcrowd any available space.
Ten photos are too short to enjoy enough and too low to book a ticket straight. Here we go. If you are not fully convinced about this place, there are other two shots will make you super happy to plan Andalusia as your next holiday destination.
But if you want more, you have just to ask, in the meantime try to check out our Instagram gallery for some inspiration.