What is the most scenic driving route from Granada to Cordoba? (note: this will be in February, in case any of the roads are closed in winter)<BR><BR>If you could pick one place to spend the night in-between those cities, where would it be?

If you're planning any kind of driving trip in europe, I strongly recommend becoming familiar with one or more of these three excellent web resources for route planning, driving times etc.<BR><BR>www.viamichelin.com<BR>www.mappy.com<B R><BR>or<BR><BR>www.shellgeostar.com<BR><BR>ViaMic helin shows this as a straight shot on N323, of only 2 hours, so I'm not sure that recommending a place to stay would be in order.<BR><BR>ViaMichelin will sometimes offer a most scenic route, but not in this case. They do offer SHORTest route which will use back roads to cut off minor amounts of mileage, and they do in this case. It cuts off only a few miles and I'm not sure this would be scenic driving. They do caution that four of these shortcuts involve &quot;damaged road surface&quot;.<BR><BR>If you want to detour somewhere, the map looks like you might do it by way of Priego de Cordoba and Lucena, but I don't know anything about either place. Whether you do that or the straight N323, it looks like the principal moutain driving is the first 30 miles to get as far as Alcala la Real.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

If you want to experience andalusian countryside and have a scenic trip, you can go to Sevilla via Ronda and Arcos de la Frontera. These are both &quot;white towns&quot; (for which andalusia is famous). The only thing to bear in mind is that they are narrow winding roads, so you may find it slow going if you get stuck behind a tractor. <BR><BR>From Sevilla it's a quick drive up the motorway to Cordoba (about 1-2 hours).

Laura,<BR>For me the most scenic route from Granada to Cordoba would be through pretty Priego de C&oacute;rdoba, with its wonderful ensemble of Baroque monuments (detour there on the A 340 from Alcal&aacute; la Real), through the Parque Natural de las Sierras Subb&eacute;ticas, then over to Cabra, perched dramatically overlooking valleys of olive groves and wheat fields, then up through Aguilar de la Frontera and Montilla (the Montilla-Moriles wine producing town) on the N331 to C&oacute;rdoba.

topping, for Laura<BR>