Before heading back to Granada, we had one last stop in Guadix, Spain. There the landscape contrasted dramatically with what I had seen in Almunecar the day before. Around Guadix, it was much more of a desert climate and nearly half of the city’s population lived in cave houses, carved into hillsides.

There’s a cave house in Guadix that is open as a museum so that visitors can see what the insides of these dwelling look like. It was a warm day when I visited, but inside the cave house it was very cool and comfortable.

Projected, moving silhouettes on the walls help to tell the story of the people who live in these houses.

Back in the center of town, the contrasts continue with a beautiful, historic district that sits more typically above ground. Perhaps the highlight of this part of the city is the stunning, baroque-style Cathedral of the Incarnation.