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Old Apr 19th 2013, 8:03 am
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Default The 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

Not my list, but hard to argue with them.

http://andaluciaexplorer.blogspot.co...ish-towns.html

1 Albarracín, Teruel
2 La Alberca, Salamanca
3 Cudillero, Asturias
4 Ainsa, Huesca
5 Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz
6 Ronda, Málaga
7 Morella, Castellón
8 Pedraza, Segovia
9 Santillana del Mar, Cantabria
10 Ansó, Huesca
Have to admit I've only been to 3 of them...

Edit - the list of 50 is perhaps a better place to look, as it shows images - glad to say I've been to quite a few on the list.
http://listas.20minutos.es/lista/los...espana-354354/

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Here's an article with pictures called 'The White Towns of Andalucía'.
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Default Re: The 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

I would include Caceres and Trujillo in the top ten
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Default Re: The 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

Originally Posted by Fredbargate
I would include Caceres and Trujillo in the top ten
Cáceres is a city. The article was actually about the prettiest pueblos (villages) in Spain. None of the 50 listed are cities
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Originally Posted by cricketman
Cáceres is a city. The article was actually about the prettiest pueblos (villages) in Spain. None of the 50 listed are cities
Ah, so that's why Oviedo isn't number one on the prettiest town list then.
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No Alhaurin de la Torre?

Alphons et al. will be devastated!
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Default Re: The 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

I would include Cuenca, Castellar de la Frontera and Setenil de las bodegas
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Default Re: The 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

We were in Setenil de las Bodegas (#29 of the list of 50) a couple of weeks ago.

I would call it fascinating, odd - even a bit weird. But not really pretty...









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Default Re: The 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

I wouldn't live in one of those for a Kings Ransom, not with that lot sitting just above my head.

I presume it's not in a Quake zone, though I believe two or three similar houses got crushed a while back when there was some slight earth movement.
I can't recall offhand if there were any casualties.
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Default Re: The 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

Originally Posted by jo-ann
I would include Cuenca, Castellar de la Frontera and Setenil de las bodegas
Cuenca is great place to visit, but I understand it is also classified as a city, albeit a small one! One of those places that can get very cold, too.
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Default Re: The 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

Originally Posted by steviedeluxe
Cuenca is great place to visit, but I understand it is also classified as a city, albeit a small one! One of those places that can get very cold, too.
Stevies post made me look up the definition of city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City

There are 53 different countries definitions listed in Wikipedia, but not Spain.

I then tried Spanish City and came up with

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_City

That was the first Spanish city I visited
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Default Re: The 10 prettiest towns in Spain.

The Spanish sometimes get carried away and call their 'pueblo' a 'ciudad' (example here from Mojácar).
At any rate, if some city/town/village is pretty, it's worth sharing with BritishExpats I think!
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Originally Posted by Fredbargate

I then tried Spanish City and came up with

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_City

That was the first Spanish city I visited

Ha ha, I vaguely remember when that was going strong, especially when all the Jocks came down at holiday time, before the Spanish Costas had properly taken off.

Back then we even had a "Spanish City" close to my home little windswept N.E village.
It was actually a big and very lively pub, the only connection I knew of with our other N.E. Spanish City was that it was painted white.
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Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly
Ha ha, I vaguely remember when that was going strong, especially when all the Jocks came down at holiday time, before the Spanish Costas had properly taken off.

Back then we even had a "Spanish City" close to my home little windswept N.E village.
It was actually a big and very lively pub, the only connection I knew of with our other N.E. Spanish City was that it was painted white.
It's still there Dick however a very sad sight these days all boarded up and run down. It still had the funfair etc when we moved up to NE 19 years ago. There have been many grand plans to bring it back to life but none so far have gone anywhere.
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The next thing you two will tell me is you used to drink in the Briar Dene.

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