my travels in pixels

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We had been using trains to get to most of our destinations in Spain but in order to visit the White Towns, we needed to hire a car. I found a great deal for what I thought was a small car for only €25 for 3 days, but it really wasn't small enough! These towns were built before cars and some of the roads were very narrow. I chose three towns to stay in for one night each, visiting a few others along the way. Vejer de la Frontera - 63km from Cadiz Jimena de la Frontera -  106 km Gaucin - 26km Ronda 39km Setenil de las Bodegas - 16km Olvera - 30km Zahara de la Sierra - 30km Grazalema - 30km Arcos de la Frontera - 49km Back to Cadiz to drop off the car --> Ronda The first town was Ronda. We had an apartment in the centre of town and luckily found a car park nearly outside and that's where our car stayed until we left. Rhonda is known for the bridge that spans a 120 metre chasm. To get this photo we had to be a fair way down and it was a bit tricky w

Cadiz As we crept further into winter, it made sense to move further south - and onto Cardiz. It turns out that it is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in Europe. A roman theatre was only discovered in 1980 after a fire destroyed some warehouses.

Seville Plaza de España The streets are lined with orange trees in this pretty town. Summer here is pretty hot and can climb into the 40°'s, so it's definitely a siesta town.  Seville orange trees Jewish Quarter Seville Cathedral The Puente de Isabel II, Puente de Triana or Triana Bridge The Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla Plaza de España Plaza de España

Granada, Spain Our fifth town in Spain was Granada. We are getting to the stage that we have done enough sightseeing but Granada is well known for its Moorish Citadel and Palace called the Alhambra. I had read that it gets 5,000 visitors a day and that they only allow a certain number of people to go in. Wow, it must be good. There were threads that said you needed to be at the ticket office at 6am in the morning. Who wants to stand in line at 6am? We were there in November which is not peak season by any means but could we take the chance? I looked online and there were no tickets available for our first day and only afternoon tickets for the second but when I tried to purchase them, it wouldn't go through. I found a post on TripAdviser that said that Australian credit cards didn't work and as you had to produce the card that you had paid with at the entrance, I didn't try our American one as we didn't have it with us. Our hotel suggested we go to the tourist of