It's deservedly popular (Moorish and moreish), so book well in advance.
We had been showered on since leaving the 10th-century Moorish mosque in Almonastar and sloshed over the hills till we arrived at a posada in Alájar several hours later.
0845 026 4585; morocco-travel.com 18. Train to Andalucía Morocco's influence on Europe is explored in a train tour run by Ramblers Worldwide from Marrakesh to Andalucía, an area of Spain that has a strong Moorish history.
Apparently his body was brought from Constantinople in the 4th century, and is entombed in the cathedral, a fascinating architectural fusion of Moorish and European styles.
The sun emblazoned the white houses skirting the Moorish castle, and Janet and I toyed with a crossword while enjoying an aperitif.
Open 1pm – 3pm, 8pm – late, closed Mondays Where food is concerned, most of Granada's Moorish heritage is these days summed up by tea and shisha bars in the Albaicín district.
Walks around Seville's narrow streets take in the medieval cathedral, the atmospheric Jewish quarter and the Moorish former palace.
More likely, they would be French- or Arabic-speaking Moroccans.Al-Andalus revisitedThe claim is often made that the centuries of Moorish rule in pre-1492 al-Andalus which comprised most of modern Spain and Portugal, excluding the kingdom of Asturias in the north were a period of great religious harmony, commercial success and cultural fertility.
The character is derived from 17th-century paintings of Moorish slaves, and many Dutch with African ancestry find it offensive.
Vast villas behind high walls in the capital, Nouakchott, testify to the wealth of the country's Moorish elite.
But tales of the Moorish period tend to be romanticised, and anyway it was all a long time ago except, it should be said, to Osama bin Laden, who has long held the loss of al-Andalus to be one of his main grudges against the Christian West.That in itself might have been enough to make some Spaniards suspicious of the 600,000 Muslims in their midst, roughly 60% of whom are thought to be Moroccan.
