Arcos de la Frontera - Valley

Arcos de la Frontera is a one of the "Pueblos Blancos", the "White Towns of Andalusia".

The old part of the town is located on a steep cliff above the river Guadalete. Arcos was an independent Moorish town for long. Though Alphonso X of Castile expelled the Moors. The area was a frontier between the Christian and the Moorish troops upto 1492, when Granada after a long siege ultimatively fell, what ended the Reconquista.

The valley of the Guadalete river, seen from the Parador, formerly "Casa del Corregidor", in the early morning hours. The Parador is located directly on top of the steep cliff.