Granada to Cordoba

April 14th to 15th 2026

Published

Workers tending a green field crop with hills and a distant town behind
Camino way markers with yellow arrows on a whitewashed gate post
The Camino Mozarabe de Santiago was the pilgrimage route traditionally followed by 'Mozarabs' - Arabic speaking Christians. This meant two days with lots of steep gravel climbs and lots of history.
Country lane leading toward the snow capped Sierra Nevada with a tall lattice mast
Rocky outcrop with castle ruins and the snow capped Sierra Nevada beyond
The region was highly contested in the Middle Ages. In 1280 a battle known as the 'Disaster of Moclín' took place in the valley on the left of this picture. A Christian force of the Order of Santiago was surrounded and defeated by Nasrid forces from the Emirate of Granada.
Wild rabbit at the entrance of its burrow in a sandy bank
This rabbit posed happily for me for multiple minutes as cars went by at high speed.
Hilltop castle towering above a hillside of olive groves and patchwork fields
Flamingos wading in a shallow lake below olive covered hills
Three cyclists on a road beneath a hillside of regimented olive trees
Cafe courtyard with a Cruzcampo parasol and potted plants
The architectural blend of Moorish and European styles is pervasive
Rows of olive trees rolling over the contours of an Andalucian hill
Whitewashed cortijo farmhouse on a low ridge above bright green spring fields
Empty road stretching into rolling green farmland under wispy cloud
Coming down with a mild illness and dealing with multiple mechanical issues over the course of the day, I was slightly delirious arriving in Cordoba through fields and olive groves in the evening light.