This is the land of the famed pueblos blancos or “White Villages”. Today we headed to Seville. But in typical Dinsmoor travel-style…when you see something COOL in the distance…head for it. In this case the cool thing was a white village on top of a high mountain with a castle and a cathedral sitting right at the top. How can you resist that?
The village was named Olvera. It is known for its olive oil production. It was market day and we were just trying to get to the top but we had to drive through the narrowest streets lined with vehicles. Let’s just say there were a lot of tight squeezes but driver Juan (aka John) got us there in one piece. We climbed another street and headed for The church, “Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion”. We each paid our 2 Euro entrance fee and headed inside. I would have loved to join them for a service but there were none today.
Then off we went to the Arabic castle. At first look climbing “WAY UP THERE” was a daunting task but we all made it to the top!
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