The white villagesLocated between Seville and Jerez de la Frontera, they get their name from the traditional colour of the houses here. Martin Siepmann/ age fotostock
There are several faces to Andalusia, including that of infinitely rolling hills awash with orchards and olive groves and the other of wide, open desert-like plains (found in the backcountry of the Almeria region). There are also many white villages and Moor castles to be found on mountain ridges.