Today we explored 2 of the white villages around Rhonda. The first town we visited was Setenil. We parked at the bottom of the town, then walked up. Like many of the other white towns, it too was the site of fighting between the Spaniards and the Moors. It is built straddling a river and features many old homes and other buildings built into the wall of the cliff that lines one side of the river. We navigated the town by walking up steep, narrow streets and stairs, and eventually found the remains of the old Moorish fortress and the church at the top of the town. The way up is dotted with bars and restaurants.
Our second white town to visit was Zahara de la Sierra. Fortunately, just as we entered the town we pulled over and happened to be right next to a police officer. Marge asked him where we might eat lunch, and also where we might park our car to walk into town. We did not want to navigate narrow, twisty streets in our rental car. The police officer recommended a restaurant right at the bottom of the town with a view of the nearby Lake. We had a wonderful lunch consisting of a salad of grilled artichoke hearts and wild mushrooms with lettuce. Our second course was a grilled salmon with prawns in a delicious romesco sauce over slices of baked potatoes.
After lunch we worked off at least some of the calories by walking up the steep narrow streets and stairs to see the town.
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