Travels

Frigiliana – a typical Andalusian white village

<p>Two weeks ago I went for a short trip to Frigiliana&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s situated in the hills approximately 25 kilometres northwest from <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;working-in-almunecar-a-place-with-340-days-of-sunshine&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Almuñécar<&sol;a> and around 6 kilometres north from <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;4-interesting-things-to-see-in-nerja&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Nerja<&sol;a>&period; You can easily reach it by bus&period; Now let me tell you about this picturesque village&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Frigiliana<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Frigiliana is one of the typical Andalusian white villages&period; It has won several times the title of Spain&&num;8217&semi;s most beautiful and well-preserved village&period; It was originally founded by the Moors&period; The village houses are some of the most authentic expressions of traditional Arabic architecture in Spain&period; Every year Frigiliana hosts the Festival of the Three Cultures&comma; celebrating the region&&num;8217&semi;s historic confluence and co-existence of Christian&comma; Muslim and Jewish traditions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignleft size-full wp-image-1926" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;DSC08751&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"798" height&equals;"189" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h2><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h2><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h2><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h2><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h2>Two parts of Frigiliana and sugarcane factory<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Frigiliana is divided into two parts &&num;8211&semi; the new lower part and the old upper part&period; When I arrived to the village&comma; I got to the modern lower part and then I was walking to the historical one&period; That part is the one that is worth visiting&period; The first building that you cannot miss is the Palace of the Counts of Frigiliana which used to be a renaissance-style palace which was later converted to the sugar mill&period; The sugarcane factory is actually the last remaining and still-working sugarcane factory in Europe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>The labyrinth of the streets<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Then you can walk through the labyrinth of narrow streets&period; Some of the streets are quite steep&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s because the village is built on a mountain side&period; In every street you can see colourful doors and many pot plants&period; There are also many art and craft shops as well as many restaurants and café bars&period; I recommend you to enter to some of the shops because they sell many nice unsual things&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-1924 aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;DSC08737&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"338" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>What to see<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>What you can see in Frigiliana is also &&num;8220&semi;Fuente vieja&&num;8221&semi; &lpar;Old Fountain&rpar;&period; It was constructed in the 17th century and was originally designed to provide a water supply for the people&period; One of the places I didn&&num;8217&semi;t visit was the old Moorish Castle of Lizar&period; The weather wasn&&num;8217&semi;t so good and that&&num;8217&semi;s why I decided not to climb up there&period; Another place you can find while walking in the narrow streets is the San Antonio Church&comma; the main religious structure in Frigiliana&comma; erected in the 17th century and modified in the 18th century&period; Frigiliana also dominates with many hiking routes that can also lead you through the Natural Park&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-1925 aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;DSC08738&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"450" height&equals;"338" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em>Old Fountain<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignleft size-full wp-image-1922" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;DSC08733&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"338" height&equals;"450" &sol;> <img class&equals;"alignleft size-full wp-image-1923" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;DSC08735&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"338" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em>San Antonio Church<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Eagle Aquaduct<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>On my way back I was able to see the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;4-interesting-things-to-see-in-nerja&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Eagle Aquaduct<&sol;a> that I presented you in one of the previous posts&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s really huge&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s just a shame that there isn&&num;8217&semi;t a normal way to get closer to see it well&period; Anyway&comma; there is a photo for you to see it&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-1928 aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;DSC08758&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"450" height&equals;"338" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I can say that I really enjoyed my trip to Frigiliana&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s an amazing village with remarkable atmosphere&period; You can feel the historical past&period; I didn&&num;8217&semi;t find it so touristic but it could be because of the weather as well as it&&num;8217&semi;s not the high season yet&period; The village has also spectacular views since it&&num;8217&semi;s situated at three hundred metres above the sea level&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s definitely worth visiting&period; On the way back&comma; you can stop like me to see the aquaduct &colon;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

Lucie

My name is Lucie. I come from Czech republic. I was studying Mediterranean studies and Comparative literature. Since 2013 I have been working as a hotel entertainer during the summer seasons. I have worked in Greece and Spain. I love that job and I want to share with you my excitement for it, my personal experience and also my travels.

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