Welcome 2 Andalucia....... |
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| Andalucía fits everyone's romantic image of Spain. Reaching down from the high and forbidding plateau of Castile, across the south of Spain to the shores of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Andalucía divides into eight provinces: Huelva, Cádiz, Málaga, Sevilla, Granada, Córdoba, Jaén and Almería . |
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| Here one expects every woman to be a Carmen in gypsy dress, a carnation behind her ear, and every man a swaggering Don Juan. Every cliché, of course has an element of truth, and in Andalucía there is so much color and contrast, vivaciousness, variety and imagination that fact and fiction are constantly blurred. There is a special beauty to such images, and Andalucía is indeed spellbinding with its air perfumed by jasmine and orange blossoms, its soleful flamenco music and its thrilling bullfighting tradition. |
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| Andalucía's villages -both along the coast and in the mountains- are brilliantly whitewashed and laden with red geraniums and purple bougainvillea that grace balconies and courtyards. Its cities are ancient and their old quarters -especially the Santa Cruz district of Sevilla- still evoke their Moorish and Jewish pasts. Fiestas fill the calendar all over Andalucía, and they are colorful and heartfelt events celebrated with typical Andalusian flair. Holy Week processions, the April Fair in Sevilla, the Horse Fair in Jerez de la Frontera, and Carnival in Cádiz are prime examples. |
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