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q Arcos de la altarpiece. The huge, Gothic
Frontera Iglesia de San Pedro, perched on
the edge of a cliff formed by the
Cádiz. * 30,000. @ n C/ Cuesta de Río Guadalete, is a striking build-
Belén 5, 956 70 22 64. ( Fri. _ Toro ing. Nearby is the Palacio del
del Domingo de Resurreccíon (last day Mayorazgo, which has an
of Easter), Velada de Nuestra Señora de or nate Renaissance façade. The
las Nieves (4–6 Aug), Semana Santa,
Feria de San Miguel (end of Sep). town hall (ayuntamiento) has a
fine Mudéjar ceiling.
Although legend has it that a
son of Noah founded Arcos, it is Environs
more probable that it was the In the 15th-century the Guzmán
Iberians. It gained the name family was granted the duke-
Arcobriga in the Roman era and, dom of Medina Sidonia, a white
under the Caliphate of Córdoba west of Arcos de la Frontera. The
(see p56), became the Moorish area became one of the most
stronghold of Medina Arkosh. It important ducal seats in Spain.
is an archetypal white town, The Gothic Iglesia de Santa Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción in
with a labyrinthine old quarter. María la Coronada is the town’s Arcos de la Frontera
On the Plaza de España, at the finest building. It contains a (Casa de Cultura). Open 10am–2pm
top of the town, are the parador notable collection of Mon–Fri. 7
(see p572) and the Iglesia de Renaissance religious art.
Santa María de la Asunción, a P Ayuntamiento
Late Gothic-Mudéjar building P Palacio del Mayorazgo Plaza del Cabildo. Tel 956 70 49 50.
noted for its choir stalls and Calle San Pedro 2. Tel 956 70 30 13. Open Mon–Fri. Closed public hols.

Embalse de
Zahara

• Benamahoma
3 Zahara de la Sierr
El Bosque
Fanning out below a
castle ruin, this fine pueblo
blanco has been declared
a national monument.
Benaocaz
La Cueva
de la Pileta 4 Grazalema
P AR QUE NA TURAL This village in the Sierra de
DE L A SIERRA DE
SIERRA DE GRAZALEMA Grazalema has the highest
UBRIQUE
rainfall in Spain.
Cortes de 5 Ronda la Vieja
la Frontera Significant remains
of the Roman town
of Acinipo, including a
theatre, can be visited.
Río Hozgarganta Algatocín
P AR QUE NA TURAL DE
L OS AL C ORNOCALES 6 Setenil
Río Guadiaro Some of the streets
of this unusual white
town, which climbs up
the sides of a gorge,
are covered by rock
overhangs. The gorge
was carved out of
Ronda 7 volcanic tufa rock
(see pp476–7) by the Río Trejo.

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