SpainAndalusiaAlmeríaCostacabanaAlmería Airport36°51’9” N 2°21’10” W
March 10, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
A walk along the Mediterranean and fresh fish for lunch made it a great first day in Spain. Although we arrived as planned, our hiking poles decided to have a little vacation of their own by spendingRead more
SpainAndalusiaAlmeríaCostacabanaAlmería Airport36°51’9” N 2°21’10” W
March 11, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
A spectacular five-star day due to the time we spent at one of my favorite places - a library, of course. A few steps up to the librarian’s desk and a few minutes wait while a book was retrievedRead more
SpainAndalusiaAlmeríaEl Cabo de GataPlaya Cabo De Gata36°46’51” N 2°14’37” W
March 12, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Sunshine + Sunday = hundreds of people out enjoying the track today… cyclists, runners, dog-walkers, fishermen, and many more. Today’s track was all within Cabo de Gata Natural Park, so theRead more
SpainAndalusiaAlmeríaLa Almadraba de MontelevaPlaya Ancón36°43’35” N 2°11’38” W
March 13, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 66 °F
We are taking it easy today and tomorrow to enjoy the geography of this very southeastern-most tip of Spain. It was only 6 km from San Miguel to our casa rural in a small group of six houses thatRead more
Traveler Even at one of the places I would consider safe in terms of water reserve the villages tanks were almost dry by the end of the summer. Unused to there ever being a problem with water availability people were still filling their mini pools for the season in their backyards. This had me reflecting on water scarcity as well. Coming from the Sonoran desert to the shores of Cape Breton I was thinking of water abundance. There are springs and rivers galore. But the scarcity is showing up and had I not been staying with locals from there I wouldn't have know about it.
SpainAndalusiaAlmeríaLa Almadraba de MontelevaPlaya Ancón36°43’35” N 2°11’38” W March 14, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Today, Cabo de Gata is a spot quite conducive to contemplation and reflection with its repetitive sounds of surf and wind. It wouldn’t have been anywhere near as peaceful if you had happened to beRead more
SpainAndalusiaNíjarSan JoséLa Molina36°45’55” N 2°6’28” W March 15, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
This was our third time traversing the 12 km between the Cabo de Gata lighthouse and the village of San Jose, and we loved it just as much as the first two times (on our mountain bikes, riding on theRead more
SpainAndalusiaNíjarLos EscullosCastillo de San Felipe36°48’14” N 2°3’49” W March 16, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 68 °F
It was only 9.3 km to Los Escullos today, but it’s a bit if a scramble to get up to the top of the pass, so we felt like we had a full day. The explanatory signposts along the way have all beenRead more
SpainAndalusiaNíjarLas Negras36°52’28” N 2°0’56” W March 17, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Today was a bit of a tough day. There was more scrambling up and down very steep, rocky hillsides than what we had anticipated. All of it was accompanied by gorgeous scenery, though. We had anRead more
SpainAndalusiaNíjarAgua AmargaPlaya de Agua Amarga36°56’24” N 1°56’15” W March 18, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
When I was planning this walk, one of the parts, I was most looking forward to was the stage from Las Negras to Agua Amarga. I spent a lot of time looking at the topo map of this area and convincedRead more
Traveler When I showed the topo map to my darling, she said that if we were walking, she would ask to be roped up! That is steep, indeed!
Traveler Wise Elaine, it sure looks steep. When in Nepal last October the guide in front of me would take my poles so that I could use my hands on the very steep sections with loose boulders (poles get stuck in between) and when needed would grab my hand. I was grateful for that! As if the high altitude was not enough😂
SpainAndalusiaNíjarAgua AmargaPlaya de Agua Amarga36°56’24” N 1°56’15” W March 19, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
It’s hard to say which was the highlight of the day: the fantastic breakfast included with our room at Hotel Family or the views from the track back towards Las Negras. We had read in a hiking blogRead more
Laurie Reynolds So glad you’re there. Not even missing hiking poles can ruin this day — your smile proves that. Fingers crossed the poles arrive soon and you can be well and truly walking.
Traveler great photos
Traveler Gorgeous!
Traveler MFelicitas--How beautiful to see the Mediterranean!!