Best Traditional Spanish Andalusia Heritage Tour: Granada Alhambra UNESCO 1984, Seville Cathedral UNESCO 1987, Córdoba Mezquita UNESCO 1984, AlbaicÃn UNESCO 1994, Doñana UNESCO 1994, Ronda Puente Nuevo, Málaga Picasso, Pueblos Blancos and Sierra Nevada Destinations
Browse more guides: Spain travel | Europe destinations Best Traditional Spanish Andalusia Heritage Tour: Granada Alhambra UNESCO 1984, Seville Cathedral UNESCO 1987, Córdoba Mezquita UNESCO 1984, AlbaicÃn UNESCO 1994, Doñana UNESCO 1994, Ronda Puente Nuevo, Málaga Picasso, Pueblos Blancos and Sierra Nevada Destinations TL;DR Andalusia is the southern Spanish autonomous community of roughly 87,599 square kilometres and around 8.5 million people across eight provinces, and it carries more inherited civilisation per square kilometre than most full countries. The Phoenicians founded Cádiz around 1100 BC, the Romans turned the valley into Hispania Baetica, the Visigoths held it briefly, and in 711 the Umayyad armies crossed from North Africa and built Al-Andalus, which lasted until the fall of Nasrid Granada in 1492. The result on the ground today is five UNESCO World Heritage sites in one region: the Alhambra and Generalife in Granada (UNESCO 1984), the Seville Cathedral with the Gira...