Río Peña

Setenil de las Bodegas, a picturesque town in white with red tiled roofs. The unique thing about Setenil de las Bodegas is that the settlement grew out of rock caves. The rocks overhang the settlement. Ancient Setenil could be thousands of years old but the modern part grew from 1484 onwards when Christian armies vanquished Moors then residing in the castle on the top.

This was very interesting and Nancy had not seen anything like it although Doug had seen Cappadocia in Turkey where there was a whole civilization living in caves. It is uncertain the exact first inhabits of these recesses in stone but people eventually built (not too deeply) into the rocks on both sides of this canyon. It is completely tourism that runs the town but it was in a pleasant and interesting way. As it was about 1430 hrs and washroom and a bite were in high order, we actually stopped at a little tapas bar frequented more by locals than tourists before heading down into the main area on the south, over a bridge and then up the shady side. Stopped to buy a "Torta De Sentenil" which is a 1/2 inch flat bar type cake with fruit filling and sesame seeds, caraway seed and almonds sprinkled on it; tasty. We stopped for a coffee before heading back on to the road.Les mer