{"id":33960,"date":"2019-02-25T15:54:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=33960"},"modified":"2019-02-25T17:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T17:36:23","slug":"almost-half-of-guadix-live-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/almost-half-of-guadix-live-underground\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Half of Guadix Live Underground&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s a stone&#8217;s throw from the centre of Guadix in Andalucia, in a large gravel area up against the town&#8217;s huge but bone-dry river bed. We&#8217;re in the official Guadix <i>autocaravana<\/i> parking area, which has a service point and costs the grand sum of nothing (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:37.30436,-3.13334\">N37.30436, W3.13334<\/a>). We&#8217;ve made an attempt to give something back, eating a stomach-busting three course <i>men\u00fa del d\u00eda<\/i> each at a restaurant in the <i>Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n<\/i>, although that only depleted the Team Zagan war chest by the somewhat meager amount of \u20ac27, including tip and drinks, and we&#8217;ll have had two night&#8217;s free parking thrown in. Thank you Guadix.<\/p> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-image-33962\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_091203383_HDR-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Free, official motorhome parking near the centre of Guadix in Andalusia, Spain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_091203383_HDR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_091203383_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_091203383_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_091203383_HDR-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_091203383_HDR-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Free, official motorhome parking near the centre of Guadix in Andalusia, Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <p>Guadix has proven to be a bit of a find for us. We expected nothing of it, just another stopping off point as we aim our way towards C\u00f3rdoba. One of Spain&#8217;s many toll-free, traffic-devoid motorways propelled us here, with a short detour into Baza to stock up on diesel and <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/installing-a-gasit-self-refillable-lpg-system\/\">GPL for our gasIT tanks<\/a>. Strictly speaking we didn&#8217;t need the gas (we can carry about 32 litres and had only used 14 litres in the past 4 weeks), but I&#8217;m a tad nervous of running out of the stuff <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/seal-spotting-and-south-to-nonancourt\/\">like we did at the start of this trip<\/a>. When we <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/tapas\/\">first came to Spain back in 2011<\/a>, there were only a few LPG filling plants across the country, and we had to plan ahead to make sure we could find gas. These days it&#8217;s available in tons of places, Repsol garages in particular, and there really wasn&#8217;t any need for us to squeeze into the one we squeezed into&#8230; elbows in folks (there was a wall in front, so we reversed back out).<\/p> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-image-33964\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190224_120716168_HDR-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Stocking up on LPG at a Repsol garage in Baza, Spain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190224_120716168_HDR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190224_120716168_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190224_120716168_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190224_120716168_HDR-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190224_120716168_HDR-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Stocking up on LPG at a Repsol garage in Baza, Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <p>Guadix, it turns out, has the largest inhabited cave neighborhood in Europe, with almost half the town&#8217;s population living in over 2000 caves, in the <i>Barrio Troglodyte<\/i>. From the motorhome area, a bridge over the part-time river takes you to the cathedral in about 5 minutes. Alongside that&#8217;s the tourist info office and from there it&#8217;s maybe a 20 minute walk across the town&#8217;s meandering streets into the caves. The twisting streets are a legacy of the North Africans who built the original medina here a few hundred years back, on the site of a Roman settlement. On the way to the caves, we nipped into the <i>Iglesia de San Miguel<\/i> and eyeballed the ceiling: an ancient Muslim pattern called <i>Mudejar<\/i>, set high in a Catholic place of worship, reflecting Spain&#8217;s mixed-religion past.<\/p> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-33966\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05482-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The mudejar ceiling in the Iglesia de San Miguel, Guadix, Spain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05482.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05482-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05482-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05482-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05482-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The mudejar ceiling in the Iglesia de San Miguel, Guadix, Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <p>A map from the tourist office shows three viewpoints, of which the <i>Mirador del Cerro de la Bala<\/i> is by far the best, with views out across the hard mud Badlands and white-washed cave entrances and chimneys, with the snow-coated Sierra Nevada as a magnificent backdrop. The two of us spent a good half hour up there, trying to take in both the details and the expanse of it all. On the way, a couple of locals sat warming up in the morning sun had given us a friendly <i>buenos<\/i>, offset by an angry wee dog way below us. The tiny beasty barked herself braver as she made her way up the hillside a few tiny leaps at a time to see us off her patch, making us both smile.<\/p> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" class=\"wp-image-33968\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05526-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"Looking out over Guadix and the cave district\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05526-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05526-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05526-705x395.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05526-450x252.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Looking out over Guadix and the cave district<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" class=\"wp-image-33969\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05507-1024x630.jpg\" alt=\"One of the best looking caves in Guadix\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05507.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05507-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05507-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05507-705x434.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05507-450x277.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Most of the caves are well-appointed with all mod cons. We saw one (with a swimming pool) for sale for over half a million Euros. You can rent one of these puppies if you fancy going troglodyte for a few days before asking the bank for a massive mortgage on a cave?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"697\" class=\"wp-image-33970\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05521.jpg\" alt=\"A basic cave in Guadix\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05521.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05521-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05521-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05521-705x480.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05521-450x307.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><figcaption>Some of the caves are far more basic, although not that many from what we could see. One or two are abandoned and you can have a look around. One we saw was barely bigger than a couple of Zagans.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-33973\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05533-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"One of the poorer caves in Guadix\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05533.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05533-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05533-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05533-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05533-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>And a few (very few to be fair) caves looked like this &#8211; not so great &#8211; there is poverty here in places<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"631\" class=\"wp-image-33975\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05505.jpg\" alt=\"The Sierra Nevada backdrop to the Guadix cave neighbourhood\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05505.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05505-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05505-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05505-705x436.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05505-450x278.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><figcaption>The Sierra Nevada backdrop to the Guadix cave neighbourhood<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-33977\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05503-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\" There aren't enough photos of my beautiful wife on this blog, so here's one!\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05503-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05503-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05503-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DSC05503-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> There aren&#8217;t enough photos of my beautiful wife on this blog.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <p>Guadix has a few other claims to fame, although we&#8217;ve not experienced &#8217;em for ourselves. For one, a scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was filmed here, using a steam train at the local station about a mile from us. Word is it took 12 days to set up the filming, which itself took 2 days and used a load of locals dressed up as Turks. They were paid half a month&#8217;s wages for their efforts. Another is the Cascamorros festival in September. This sees a bloke from Guadix, referred to as the, wait for it, <i>Cascamarros<\/i>, dressed up like a harlequin, carrying a truncheon and a wooden stick with a bladder hanging from it. His job is to try and get to the Church of Merced in Baza and nick a religious painting without getting daubed with paint. The citizens of Baza know he&#8217;s coming, every year, same day, same time, and every year everyone gets covered in paint. Once he&#8217;s in Baza, the Cascamorros (by this time head to toe in Dulux) has to come back to Guadix where, when the citizens see he&#8217;s not managed to half-inch the painting, again, cover him in yet more paint, wayhey!<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" class=\"wp-image-33978\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_092848929_HDR-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"The Cascamarros Festival in Baza and Guadix each September (image from Guadix tourist information office)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_092848929_HDR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_092848929_HDR-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_092848929_HDR-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_092848929_HDR-705x474.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_092848929_HDR-450x302.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The <i>Cascamarros<\/i> Festival in Baza and Guadix each September (image from Guadix tourist information office)<\/figcaption><\/figure> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" class=\"wp-image-33980\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_093034897_HDR-1024x488.jpg\" alt=\"Another photo of the Cascamarros Festival (image from Guadix tourist information office) \" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_093034897_HDR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_093034897_HDR-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_093034897_HDR-768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_093034897_HDR-705x336.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190225_093034897_HDR-450x214.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Another photo of the <i>Cascamarros<\/i> Festival (image from Guadix tourist information office) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>We&#8217;re enjoying our time in Guadix. The motorhome parking&#8217;s incredibly convenient for the town, and despite being a tiny bit scabby (it&#8217;s not the Ritz folks), feels safe and welcoming. We&#8217;re a stone&#8217;s throw from a ton of shops, bars and restaurants. The late February weather is fantastic, the people are friendly and the cave area is a fascination (the only similar thing <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/sassi-housing-in-matera\/\">we&#8217;ve seen was in Matera in Italy<\/a>, and everyone had been forced to move out of it ages ago). We&#8217;ll have another night here and decide tomorrow where to head off to next. We&#8217;ve been to all of the obvious targets on our route: <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/granada-rough-guide-heaven-and-bbc-radio-nottingham\/\">Granada and the magnificent Alhambra<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/cool-air-and-bright-light-hoya-de-la-mora-sierra-nevada\/\">mountains of the Sierra Nevada<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/south-of-granada-in-yegen\/\">famous hill villages of the Alpujarras,<\/a> so it&#8217;ll be somewhere new. As ever, watch this space.<\/p> <p>Cheers folks, Jay<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost half the population of Guadix in Spain lives underground, in one of over 2000 cave houses cut into the hillside with the Sierra Nevada as a backdrop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[417,94],"tags":[467,469,1039,1037,134,471,1040],"class_list":["post-33960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorhome-blog","category-spain-motorhome","tag-camper","tag-campervan","tag-cave","tag-guadix","tag-motorhome","tag-rv","tag-troglodytes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Almost Half of Guadix Live Underground... - 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