Getting Oriented

Getting Oriented

Andalusia is infinitely varied and diverse within its apparent unity. Seville and Granada are like feuding sisters, one vivaciously flirting, the other darkly brooding; Córdoba and Cádiz are estranged cousins, one landlocked, the other virtually under sail; Huelva and Almería are universes apart, the first a verdant Atlantic Arcadia and the second a parched Mediterranean sunbelt; and Jaén is an upland country bumpkin—albeit with its Renaissance palaces—compared with the steamy cosmopolitan seaport of Málaga. The southern Andalusian cities of Málaga, Marbella, and Ronda are covered in the next chapter, The Costa del Sol.