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Friday, August 27, 2021

Sheltering In Caves Under a cliff - the surprising Spanish town of Setinel de las Bodegas, between Seville and Ronda

 

Walking up a steep hill in Setinel


You reach the are under overhanging rocks, by the side of the river.

Cobblestoned streets and whitewashed houses under the overhanging rocks.

Photos by the Sharot family.

Setenil is in the area of Andalucia in the province of Cadiz. The caves under the rocks provided shelter from the sun in summer and from the cold in winter. Just add a front wall. 

Its recent history dates back to Moorish times in the 15th century. The word bodega means market or warehouse or wine shop in Spanish. The word Setinel comes from seven times the Catholics tried to take back the city from the Moors until the last siege.
What can you do? Walk uphill to the castle. See the church. Sit in a bar or restaurant and take photos.

Photos from Wikipedia.












The tourist office is in an old Moorish building and contains a souvenir shop.

Bar la escueva
Escueva means school
 A few words of Spanish

English - Spanish
bar - bar
beautiful - hermosa

big - grande
city - ciudad
Hello - hola
here - aquí
is - es
montaña

nothing - nada
please = por favor
restaurant - restaurante
river - rio
thank you - gracias
the angels - Los Angeles
the (masculine singular, feminine singular/masculine plural/feminine plural) - el/la/los/las 
wine vino
where is - donde esta
yes si

Spanish - English
uno - one
aquí  here
bar - bar
café - coffee
con - with
de - of
hermosa - beautiful ciudad - city
dónde está - where is
es - is
gracias - thank you
grande - big
Hola - hello
leche - milk
mountain - montaña
nada - nothing (it's nothing, in reply to thank you)
por favor - please
rio - river
si - yes
restaurante - restaurant
té - tea
vino - wine

Useful Websites
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractions-g1116439-Activities-Setenil_de_las_Bodegas_Province_of_Cadiz_Andalucia.html
https://unusualplaces.org/setenil-de-las-bodegas/#more-1568

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setenil_de_las_Bodegas
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Setenil_de_las_Bodegas_Cadiz_Spain.jpg
https://fr.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Setenil_de_las_Bodegas
https://wikitravel.org/es/Setenil
https://www.facebook.com/people/Oficina-de-Turismo-de-Setenil-de-las-Bodegas/100057156833806/

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