Towns and provinces of Southern Spain, Andalucia.
Information about Andalucia provinces, towns and white villages.

Andalucia information

Andalucia by province

Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities. If you look at the map of Spain you will see that Andalucia is the second largest region of Spain with more than 87.000 km², and the most populated one, with more than 8 millions people which represents 18% of Spanish population. Andalusia is divided into eight provinces: Almeria, Cadiz, Cordoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Seville.

We provide the links about all these eight provinces, which will give you useful travel and history information about Andalusia, named Al-Andalus during the period of Muslim domination between the years 711 and 1492.

The capital of Andalusia is Sevilla, famous for their Moorish monuments like the Giralda and Torre del Oro. The city is located along the shore of Guadalquivir river, which begins its course in Cazorla, Jaen and flows through Cordoba, Sevilla, the province of Huelva and ends in Doñana national park.

Some of the most popular destinations in Andalusia are situated along the Mediterranean and the Atlantic coasts. The main villages on the Mediterranean coast are Marbella, Torremolinos, Benalmadena, Fuengirola, Nerja and Estepona. These six villages belong to the province of Malaga, named Costa del Sol, famous for the most beautiful golf courses in Spain, very good sea food restaurants and the best nightlife in Marbella. If you are planning to come in August don't forget to book your hotel in Marbella in advance.

Costa de Almeria is located in the eastern part of Andalusia where you can find Mojacar and Roquetas. If you visit this area don't miss Cabo de Gata National Park.

The coast of Cadiz is named Costa de la Luz and is located at the Atlantic Ocean. You can find there the towns of Conil, Tarifa, Chiclana and Barbate, all of them with beautiful white sand beaches and excellent sea food restaurants.

The coast of Granada is called Costa tropical. You can visit Motril and Almuñecar there. Other very interesting places to visit are Sierra Nevada, with the unique ski station in Andalusia, and La Alhambra de Granada, considered one of the best historical sights in Europe.

Use the map of Andalucia to find other inland destinations, famous for their horses and wines, like Ronda and Antequera in Malaga and Jerez.

If you are flying to Andalusia, the main airports are Sevilla airport, Almeria airport, Jerez Airport but the biggest one is Malaga airport, where there is more possibilities to get direct flights to Malaga from the main cities in Europe and many domestic flights from other cities in Spain