Of all the cities in Spain, Granada is the one where you can most feel the legacy of the Muslims who ruled Iberia for nearly eight centuries. After all, this was the last city on the Iberian peninsula to be reconquered by the Catholic Monarchs Fernando and Isabel, with their 1492 siege of the capital of the Emirate of Granada representing the final nail in the coffin for Al-Andalus.

Situated on a roughly pentagonal peninsula sticking out into the Atlantic, the province’s capital is the oldest continuously inhabited city.

Explore Vejer de la Frontera, Arcos de la Frontera, Medina-Sidonia, and Tarifa.

Seville contains centuries of history that perfectly mirrors that of the Iberian peninsula as a whole.

Granada isn’t just stunning Moorish castles and cobblestone streets, it’s also home to one of Spain’s most iconic culinary staples: tapas! 

Known popularly the frying pan of Spain, Córdoba has had a fascinating history over the course of two millennia.

Strewn across the southern face of the Sierra Nevada mountains lay the villages of the Alpujarra.