OReilly

Hello all:

I am doing some preliminary planning for a 16/17 day trip to Andalusia in late Feb/early March next year. I will be taking public transportation (all seems doing do-able at first check).

I love art, architecture, history, just wandering around towns and gorgeous long lunches.

So what do you think? Is the timing right in each location? Are there any other towns you recommend (clearly I know that not driving does somewhat limit my options).

Granada: 4 nights (including day trip to Priego de Cordoba)
Ubeda: 2 nights
Cordoba: 2 nights
Seville: 5 nights (including day trip to Carmona and Cadiz)
Ronda: 1 night
Malaga: 3 nights

Regards Ger

kja

Sounds delightful to me!

If you haven't already done so, you might want to plot your trip on a calendar to make sure that things you want to visit during your shorter stays will be open when you are there -- many things in Spain are closed on Monday, and often for all or part of Sundays too; and many things in Spain will also be closed daily for a very long mid-day break.

jamikins

Sounds like a lovely plan Ger!

Public transit is very good. The buses were very modern and comfortable so don’t rule them out as option. https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/bus-schedules

And don’t forget to book Alhambra well in advance!

KarenWoo

I don't think taking public transportation limits your options except for maybe the white towns, which we did not visit. We recently returned from a 15-night visit to Madrid, Toledo, Córdoba, Granada, Malaga, and Seville. You can click on my name to read my trip report if you like.

To compare number of nights, we spent 2 nights each in Córdoba, Granada, and Malaga, and it would have been nice to have an extra night in each of these cities. We spent 4 nights in Seville, which was perfect for us, but we didn't take any day trips from Seville. I really like Malaga,and i think it is an under-rated city.

I recommend a night tour of the Alhambra, so if you can, make sure you are there when they offer the night tours (Tues - Saturday).

Also, if you can, I suggest going to Córdoba before Seville. We really enjoyed the Alcazar in Córdoba, but the Alcazar in Seville is more stunnnig and impressive, so if you see Seville first, you might be disappointed in Cordoba's Alcazar, and in Córdoba in general. We loved Córdoba, and it was one of our favorite cities, but we were there before we saw Seville, so the order of seeing things could affect your impressions.

I think you are wise in going in late February & March. We were in Andalusia in mid-September to October 3, and Seville, in particular was very hot (90 - 95), and also very crowded. It was the most crowded of all of our destinations.

We took the Alsa bus from Córdoba to Granada, and from Granada to Malaga. The bus is new, clean, and air conditioned. They gave us bottled water and snacks on the bus to Malaga.

Bedar

Too bad you won't be there March 19 for the unique Las Fallas Festival in Valencia.