Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos

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Olvera
Arcos de la Frontera
Grazalema
Alley in the old town ( La Ciudad ) of Ronda

The Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos (Road of the White Villages) is a country road route in Andalusia in southern Spain . It leads in a partly mountainous natural landscape through a number of small towns and villages , which, mostly going back to Phoenician and Roman settlements, were expanded by the Moors from the 8th to the 15th century (see also: Al-Andalus ).

Typical of the White Villages are the whitewashed houses and the narrow, winding streets, as they can be found in a similar form in North Africa . Churches (often built on the site of earlier mosques) and mansions from the centuries after the Reconquista can be found in most of the villages , whose Gothic , Renaissance and Baroque architecture contrasts well with the Moorish character of the houses. Many visitors start the route in Arcos de la Frontera , which is commonly considered the starting point of the Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos.

The following list is a selection of the towns on the Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos:

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