Andalucia Villas - self catering Villa accommodation - Andalucia |
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Andalusia (Spanish: Andalucía) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Its capital is Seville. Andalusia is bounded on the north by Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha, on the east by Murcia, on the south by the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and Gibraltar, and on the west by Portugal. Tartessos, the capital of a once great power, was located in Andalusia.
Andalucia has a good range of leisure activities, including a selection of golf courses. Home to sprawling national parks and dramatic mountain scenery, this family holiday region also offers spectacular views. Natural caves, filled with archaeological treasures, are also open to the public - the most famous of which can be found in Nerja. The rolling countryside and wooded valleys of this region are also packed with wildlife including ibex, deer, wild boar and an enormous variety of birds. When you choose an Andalucia villa holiday, expect to re-tune your routine to take an afternoon siesta, eat early evening tapas and stay up late for dinner with the locals. Going from bar to bar sampling little portions of meat, fish, olives and Spanish omelette is a real tradition. You’ll also find good seafood, paella and traditional migas (a local dish made with olive oil, garlic and semolina) along the Andalucia coastline. Another must-try is the locally-made sherry or an Andalucian beer, known to be good value and very drinkable – whether you’re out and about, or in the privacy of your holiday villa. More can be found in the entry Hispania Baetica, the name of the Roman province that corresponds to the region. The Islamic history can be found in the entry al-Andalus; According to the scholar H. Helm, the name "Al-Andalus" is simply an Arabic rendition of the Visigothic name given to the Roman province of Baetica. The Visigoths, following the custom of their Germanic predecessors, parcelled out the conquered territories by drawing lots, and the allotments to anyone, with their corresponding land, was called "Sortes Gothicae". Contemporary texts, still written in Latin, refer to the Gothic kingdom as a whole as "Gothica sors" (singular). It is reasonable to suppose then that the corresponding Gothic designation "Landahlauts" (allotted, inherited, drawn land), in its phonetic form — "landalos" — became easily and spontaneously, to Arabic ears, "Al-Andalus". The Spanish spoken in the Americas is largely descended from the Andalusian dialect of Castilian Spanish due to the role played by Seville as the gateway to Spain's American territories in the 16th and 17th centuries. A lot of Moorish architecture is found in Andalusia, because it was the last stronghold of the Moors before the reconquista by the Catholic Monarchs completed in 1492. The most famous are the Alhambra in Granada, the Mezquita in Córdoba and the Torre del Oro and Giralda towers in Sevilla. Archaeological remains include Medina Azahara, near Córdoba. Andalusia is divided into 8 provinces: Sevilla , Granada , Córdoba , Cádiz , Málaga , Huelva , Jaén , Almería Major cities in Andalusia are (from West to East): Huelva , Seville , Cádiz , Málaga , Córdoba , Jaén , Granada , Almería Other Andalusian towns are: Algeciras, Cádiz , Jerez, Cádiz , Marbella, Málaga , Dos Hermanas, Sevilla , Antequera, Málaga We've got some beautiful villas in Andalucia, many of them in idyllic countryside locations. And to get to many of these, you literally have to drive off the beaten track along unsurfaced mountain roads – not serviced by taxis. It gives you a great away–from–it–all feeling and when you see the stunning views from your villa, it makes a few bumps worthwhile!
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