Hike Around the Penninsula

When I was planning our trip I found a hike here that looked pretty nice walking around this peninsula we are staying on. Once I booked this place to stay I realized it starts right outside our door so that was perfect. After our morning wander in town we headed off to walk the peninsula and it was such a nice hike! It was all along a road (mostly dirt road) and looked out over the water the whole time. Lots and lots of flowers blooming everywhere which made it even prettier and even a section of lots of cacti. This morning it was pretty nice, but by mid day it was getting hot! Super hot when it was not in the shade and there was no wind…we kept going in to an inlet and it would get stifling, then out and go around a bend and the wind would pick up and be nice and cool and it worked out great. Just when I was getting too hot we got to windy section to cool us down. Without the wind it would have been a bit miserable! And we made really good time as it was mostly flat until after lunch when we headed downhill to the beaches. We saw a little caterpillar that kept almost falling over while it was walking…and it was so warm that by the time we got to Spiaggia di Buzzancone o Cera we decided to go down and take a dip in the water. Though the water was freezing cold! So much colder than yesterday! My feet didn’t warm up at all until I got out, but it was nice. Since we were making such good time in the walk and were way ahead of schedule to be back for dinner we had a nice 2 hour break on the beach. Whenever i got to warm I went in and cooled off and then back to lounge on the beach. When we got there there was only one other person there so it was almost a private beach! When we left a few boats had come and as we were walking back a bunch more people with beach gear seemed to be headed there so it was going to get busier!

After the beach we kept seeing these weird bugs where when they walked they would curl their back part under them and I looked them up when I got home and they are European Glowworms! So that was fun! Oh the photo of the beach after the bug is the one we spent so much time at! As we went farther along there were a lot more beaches, but they are closer to town so they are much busier. We stopped at the last one before going back uphill to our place and they had Vegan ice cream cones and it was so hot we were like yes!! Cold treat! And sat in the shade and enjoyed them. That beach was super busy, but incredibly quiet which was odd. No one was making any noise!

After that it was a 4km uphill hike in the heat which was a lot, but we were pretty quick to do it! Normally I plan 2km/hour uphill (really that is 2km in 45min as we walk 45 min and then take a 15 min break for water and snacks). But today we did that 4km in 50min which is crazy fast! Especially since it was so hot by then.

Today was such a nice day. The walk was gorgeous and we had a lot of fun seeing all the things!Read more