Washington Irving Route. The Andalusian legacy.
Washington Irving (1783-1859), a North American Romantic writer and traveller, arrived in Spain in 1828 on a diplomatic visit. His first stop was Seville, where he discovered the Andalusian heritage. Fascinated by Andalusia exoticism, he began a route in 1928 between Seville and Granada following the footsteps of Hispanic-Arabs ancestors through a medieval path, walking the 250 kilometres that separates Seville from Granada.
At the present time, the route he took in 1829 has indications in all the villages where it passes through, combining cities, monuments, archaeological remains, rural community, gastronomy...
the itinerary goes all the way through villages where bandoleros like Siete Niños de Écija or José Maria El Tempranillo used to live during the 19th century.
Villages where the rout goes through:
Seville, Alcalá de Guadaira, Carmona, Marchena, Écija, Osuna, Estepa, La Roda de Andalucía, Fuente de Piedra, Humilladero, Mollina. Vega de Antequera, Archidona, Loja, Huétor-Tajar, Alhama de Granada, Moraleda de Zafayona, Montefrío, Íllora, Fuente Vaqueros, Chauchina, Santa Fe y Granada.
Information points at the tourist offices throughout the route.
The traveller is guided by Teóphoros, a citizen from the 2nd century, all the way through this Roman route you can see the remains and constructions of the past, getting to know the changes each place experienced after the Romans settled. 
Locality with a monumental cultural and touristic wide range in the province of Seville. Carmona, Ecija, Marchena and the Ducal village of Osuna belong to the route. 
This route is constituted by nine municipalities from the province of Seville, Malaga, Córdoba and Jaen. They are Marchena, Osuna, Estepa, Antequera, Puente Genil, Priego de Córdoba, Alcalá la Real, Lucena y Baena. 
A magical route in which you discover and enjoy the Verde Real of Osuna, travelling around unique landscapes surrounded by extraordinary century old olive trees, oaks, cork trees and the characteristic flora of the lower Mediterranean mountains, following the exclusive path that goes along the river Corbones up to its source in the small village of La Atalaya.