Arcos is a beautiful town in a beautiful location

Arcos de la Frontera

Classic photographs | History | Walking tour | Year in Arcos

You only have to take one look at the spectacular position of Arcos de la Frontera (pictured above and below) on a cliff above a meander in the Guadalete river, to understand its strategic importance. Can you imagine how inaccessible it must have been to foreign invaders in the past?

It's no wonder the site on which the town sits has been continuously occupied for thousands of years by many different tribes. Arcos de la Frontera boasts a long and truly remarkable history.

There is a mysterious atmosphere in the town which is hard to put into words. It feels as if the 'history' has never gone away!


A classic arch


A street in the old quarter


One of the views from town of the countryside below


Arcos in the distance


Arcos viewed from the iron bridge


Santa Marķa church


San Pedro church and the Guadalete river below the cliff

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