After a wonderful day in Cuenca, we set sail towards our next stop, Baeza in the southern part of Spain. A teeny tiny city in the andalusian province of Jaén, surrounded by soft hills covered by an ocean of olive groves, driving in felt like a jump in time. To be a few centuries back in an epoque of splendour and power. Quiet streets and golden cobblestone where art and history meet, while cheerful locals greet the new day. A city of many cultures, in Baeza we were happy witnesses to the wonders of time and history. Every culture that ever set foot in the region throughout the centuries has left its mark. Be it a necropolis from the first bronze age, which marks the first funding of this glorious city, iberian, roman, visigothic, or arabic architecture wonders, all have made Baeza the jewel that it is today. But, it wasn’t until the 16th century that renaissance brought Baeza to its moment of maximum splendour. Thanks to the quality (and quantity) of the region’s agricultural and industrial production, as well as its livestock breeding, Baeza grew rapidly. With this rapid increase in its population came artistic and cultural richness, that […]

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