Another walk around Valencia
2024年10月28日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
A walk around Valencia. First breakfast at our accommodation. Then to Plaça de l'Ajuntament. Then to see the world's thinnest building La Estrecha de Sombreros Alberto (the width of a window pane) -もっと詳しく
Mercat Central de Valencia
2024年10月29日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
A day visiting the main market in Valencia and then a short walk around town.
Another day around the market and Paella
2024年10月30日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Couldn't resist another visit to the market, then out to find our first Paella in Spain.
Driving Valencia to Murcia
2024年10月31日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Car hire company offered us a free upgrade to an EV.. after a bit of hemming and hawing, and an hour's research to make sure I could download and use the charging apps and checking chargers along ourもっと詳しく
Estrecho de la Arboleja
2024年11月1日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
What a find! Just saw a pin on Google Maps and it turned out to be so good!
Close to the carpark. A gorgeous tight canyon, (not a lot of water, so no waterfalls), a bit of caving (a man made tunnel).
Walking through the Badlands of Barranco
2024年11月2日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Walking the Barranco del Infierno near Murcia.
There are a lot of canyons and Wayne got a little turned around once or twice. Still, it took us a lot longer than expected, so we turned around halfもっと詳しく
Driving Murcia to Granada
2024年11月3日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
After a bit of shopping in Decathlon, we drove out of Murcia, skirting north of a big storm (and government warnings) to end up in Granada. Took longer than expected as the northern route had slowerもっと詳しく
Cahorros de Monachil
2024年11月4日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
An adventure walk along a well defined path in Monachil. Down a canyon, and then to some beautiful open vistas.
Rest day and a local walk
2024年11月5日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Didn't get up to much today. Planned a bit more of our holiday and took a short walk out to a local cave.
When we got there we were serenaded with Flamenco guitar and had a chat with the musician.もっと詳しく
Walk around Granada
2024年11月6日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Went for a walk through Granada today.
First stop, Basílica Virgen de las Angustias, a beautiful cathedral we wandered into off the street.
Then to Wild Foods for a spot of lunch.
We walked fromもっと詳しく
旅行者How is your Spanish? Do many speak English or are you having to use your language skills more?
旅行者My Spanish is definitely getting a workout. Quite a few people speak English (mostly servicing tourists - car hire, tourist information, etc) but there are times where we rely solely on my sketchy understanding of Spanish, guessing the meaning and hoping we were right.
Spa day
2024年11月7日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
A relaxing afternoon at the Hammam Al Andalus in Antequera.
Comes highly recommended. We did the Midra45 - the baths (medium hot, hot, cold, and steam room), a 15 minute kessa treatment and a 30もっと詳しく
El Torcal de Antequera - Green Route
2024年11月8日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Very dense fog today, but it made for a magical walk around El Tocal de Antequera.
Finally, Joyce said goodbye to her trusty walking stick that has been her walking companion since Ordesa.
Changing cars
2024年11月9日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We had to change cars today. The electric Opel Corsa contract ran out today, and although we had the option to continue with it (at a discounted price), we decided to switch to an ICE car. Where weもっと詳しく
El Torcal de Antequera - Yellow route
2024年11月10日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We're back!
We loved El Tocal, so we decided to come back and do the longer "Yellow" trail.
旅行者Remarkable landscape, not what I imagined Spain would look lile. Love the scenic photos and the fact no matter where you are you always seem to find a cave.
Setenil de las Bodegas
2024年11月11日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
A short drive and we are in Setenil de las Bodegas - the houses under the rock.
Beautiful little city.
We are here on a weekday, and a little early. By 3pm, there were busloads of tourists goingもっと詳しく
Garganta Verde
2024年11月12日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
A permit only hike, and one of the best near Ronda/Olvera.
Rated as a difficult walk down into a canyon and along the riverbed.
We were quite surprised with how well we did scrambling along theもっと詳しく
Olvera
2024年11月13日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We're feeling under the weather and with the rain, we decided to stay in Olvera.
Olvera
2024年11月14日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Another wet day. The Caminito del Rey walk has been cancelled. Just as well, as still feeling under the weather and could use another rest day. So we are spending another day in Olvera.
We walked upもっと詳しく
Drive from Olvera to Sevilla
2024年11月15日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Drove into Sevilla (Seville) this morning, returned the car, and after we checked into our accommodation, we took a walk into the old town. We were able to get up to Setas de Sevilla (or the Mushroom,もっと詳しく
Sevilla
2024年11月16日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Loved Sevilla (or Seville). A beautiful city.
A long walk all through the city, starting at Setas de Sevilla and ending at the Plaza de España (our favourite spot).
Flight from Sevilla to Porto, via Lisbon
2024年11月17日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Travel day today. Arriving in Porto to start our Portugal adventures.
Porto
2024年11月18日, ポルトガル ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A night and a day in Porto.
Beautiful little city, lots of vegan options. We didn't stay long.
Sintra and Quinta da Regaleira
2024年11月19日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
After an early morning bus ride, we arrived in Sintra at midday. Dropping our bags at the accommodation, we took a walk up to Quints da Regaleira.
Regaleira is a palace constructed by António Augustoもっと詳しく
Peña Palace
2024年11月20日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Peña Palace or the colourful castle was built by Ferdinand II (the king consort) in 1842. It represents 19th-century Romanticism and is one of the seven wonders of Portugal (don't ask me what theもっと詳しく
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A castle for the ducks. (I was expecting a duck with a steel helmet and halberd to come out).
Moorish Castle
2024年11月20日, ポルトガル ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Directly after Peña Palace, we walked across the road to the Castillo de los Moros (the Moorish Castle).
Founded in the 8th and 9th centuries by the Moors. In 1375 King Ferdinand I ordered theもっと詳しく