The Mudéjar route climbs steeply up the mountain from the coastal plain, meeting the first of the white villages Canillas de Aceituno at about 650 metres. The road then continues about 7 kilometres to Sedella. Since the onset of tarmac and motor vehicles, the distance between these two villages seems negligible. Yet, the towns were connected only by dirt roads and goat tracks for most of their history. The usual means of transport was on foot or by mule. Perhaps, this past isolation explains a difference in character between the villages. While Sedella drowses, Canillas bustles.
