Wednesday 6 December 2023

Andalusia 2019 - Part 2 - Grazalema

Grazalema is much smaller than Ronda, very much a village, sitting more or less in the middle of the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park (https://www.andalucia.com/province/cadiz/grazalema/home.htm). It's a very pretty village.
  Stonework and white front door with many blue and white flower pots Panorama over the whole village, white houses with terracotta orange roof slates with roots back to the Visigoths. The Visigoth fountains are ridiculously cute. Sign saying the fountains are of putative Visigoth origin Four fountain gargoyles with pipes in their mouths. The gargoyles are worn stone. 

It also has vultures. Sign about the local vultures. Sign is written in Spanish No-one in the coach party thought they saw one, but there were some very carnivorous-looking silhouettes in the sky. 

Grazalema also has an excellent bull-related statue. Statue is two men in front of a bull. The bull has got loose from the rope holding it. The figures look like they are about to try to run away Much like Pamplona, it has a day where a bull is allowed to run. 

Following the short visit to Grazalema, our coach party moved on to Seville.
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