Zahara de la Sierra, Spain

Zahara de la Sierra is a romantic town set atop the hills in Andalucia Spain. It boasts a moorish castle as it was once a Moorish outpost situated between Ronda and Seville. The Castle is actually a six-hectare area on the rocky hill, known as the Villa Arabe or Villa Medieval; its crowning glory is the Homage Tower. This was a perfect site for a castle to be built to serve as a fortress in case of attack. Today it remains a small town with a handful of restaurants, two hotels, a handful of church's and a bustling coffee shop where all the locals congregate. It's quite the winding road to get to the top of the town but we'll worth the views.

From the walls of Zahara, 3 provinces can be seen: Málaga, Sevilla & Cadiz. Two peaks, Lagarin and Las Grajas, are used for paragliders.Read more