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Andalusia 2019 - Part 9 - Antequera
The day after Cadiz, we spent the morning in Antequera, which is a delightfully named town which became even more evocative when the tour guide explained it was called that because it was old when the Romans came.
Local tourism board - https://antequera.co.uk/
Andalusian tourism board - https://www.andalucia.org/en/antequera
We arrived near the Tourist Office and walked along to one of the squares which had some pretty fountains:
( Photos of two sets of fountains )
From there, we walked up the hill to the arch of the giants, created for Philip II of Spain.
( Shot of the arch, the church past the arch and a flag )
From the top of the hill you could get a very nice view over the whole town.
( Two landscape photos )
There is a distinctly large number of churches per square foot. According to the tourism board it has the highest churches per person in Spain, and I could believe it. In a panorama shot that didn't quite come out, unfortunately, I managed to get 15 church spires in one shot.
( Door detail of one of them )
I must admit my favourite bit of decoration was this graffiti.
( Graffiti )
The photo I'm sharing outside a cut is from the top of the hill too. In the distance, you can see a hill that looks like a man's face coming out of the ground. The hill is called the Lover's Rock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%C3%B1a_de_los_Enamorados) and has the exact starcrossed lover's throwing themselves off of it stories you'd imagine.
We had a very nice lunch in the town square, and then on to our next destination.
Local tourism board - https://antequera.co.uk/
Andalusian tourism board - https://www.andalucia.org/en/antequera
We arrived near the Tourist Office and walked along to one of the squares which had some pretty fountains:
( Photos of two sets of fountains )
From there, we walked up the hill to the arch of the giants, created for Philip II of Spain.
( Shot of the arch, the church past the arch and a flag )
From the top of the hill you could get a very nice view over the whole town.
( Two landscape photos )
There is a distinctly large number of churches per square foot. According to the tourism board it has the highest churches per person in Spain, and I could believe it. In a panorama shot that didn't quite come out, unfortunately, I managed to get 15 church spires in one shot.
( Door detail of one of them )
I must admit my favourite bit of decoration was this graffiti.
( Graffiti )
The photo I'm sharing outside a cut is from the top of the hill too. In the distance, you can see a hill that looks like a man's face coming out of the ground. The hill is called the Lover's Rock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%C3%B1a_de_los_Enamorados) and has the exact starcrossed lover's throwing themselves off of it stories you'd imagine.
We had a very nice lunch in the town square, and then on to our next destination.