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/