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Off the beaten track in Andalucia - Priego de Cordoba

Thursday It’s just a twenty minute drive to Priego de Cordoba. We find parking in a side street below the historical centre. I must admit the Fiat 500 is easy to squeeze in everywhere (except on hills in Archidona). It’s a splendid morning driving through the olive groves, a brilliant blue sky, sharp fresh air – it was just 6 °C this morning. Perhaps that’s a good excuse to explain why our first stop in Priego,  past Plaza de la Costitucion where there’s a pretty square and the town hall,  is at bar Niza where 4.30 euros provides us with churros and hot chocolate for two. And very good they are too. At least we won’t be looking for lunch at midday like the other days! Thus fortified, we head back towards the historical centre, down the really beautiful road called Rio (in fact there's the stream underneath), which snakes along full of interesting palacios, and on to Plaza San Pedro, an even prettier square in front of the castle. There’s the smell of cut grass and the air is almost

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