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  • TravelerWinter vacation
    8
    Day 48–49

    Still heading south

    April 13 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    The park up as some beautiful views
    We are sat high up a mountain overlooking the sea 1st gear part way up.Stopped at Puerto Banus beautiful
    place you need money to stay here a boat just off the shore is to big for the marina I think a helicopter 🚁 taking people off itRead more

  • TravelerSpain 2025!
    1
    Day 31–34

    Sabinillinas

    May 2 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    After arriving here we all decided that we needed some proper exercise, so off came the bikes and we cycled to the next town along the coast Estepona. An amazing cosmopolitan place with a port and many restaurants and bars. We arrived on market day and so it was full of hustle and bussle. After a walk around and some lunch we had to cycle the exhausting journey of 9 miles back along the coast.
    A very enjoyable couple of days here in a perfect location right on the beach ☀️😁 xx Ps, if you need a laugh, ask Martin about the gas bottle saga 😉xx    Read more

  • Radreise Sevilla-München 2025
    Day 10

    Tag 10 - Estepona

    April 11 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Auf den Wetterbericht in Küstennähe kann man sich wenig verlassen. Gestern Abend noch kaum Regen angesagt, hatten wir heute fast durchgehend Nieselregen.
    Aber halb so schlimm – wir waren nur froh, dass der Gegenwind deutlich nachgelassen hat. Morgen soll es nochmal greislich werden, deshalb erholen wir uns bis übermorgen in unserem Airbnb. Dann geht es weiter bis Malaga.Read more

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  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    222
    Day 17

    Raptor Feeding Site

    March 18 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F

    La Red Andaluza de Comederos de Aves Carroñeras has set up 23 feeding centers in Andalucia, and this morning we set out to see the one nearby. Their purpose is to preserve endangered species by “supplementing the natural diet of raptor populations while complying with current health measures.” Birds at the various centers include griffon and black vultures, Egyptian vultures, bearded vultures, red and black kites, and golden and imperial eagles. We’ve known about the feeding center near Casares for several years, and specifically planned to stay in our current cottage because it is within walking distance of the feeding site. However, we didn’t count on arriving after 16 days of continuous rain in the area!

    We set out for the feeding area in mid-morning during a break in the weather. The dirt track was noticeably more water-logged than yesterday, with new rivulets racing down the middle of the track. After navigating several washed out areas and flooded fords, it dawned on us that if the heavy black clouds in the area ahead of us started to pour out rain, our return might be cut off (second video). We reluctantly turned back, and were rewarded with a rainbow and glimpses of raptors flying overhead (first video). This is a gorgeous area, definitely worth returning to see more of the raptors on another trip.

    www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/portal/la…

    Many nearby areas are reporting rain damage. Arroyo Vaquero, beside the track we planned to walk out tomorrow, has overflowed its banks. A house collapsed in Marbella. Some villages have been completely inundated with floodwaters, with stairs and roads turned into waterfalls and rapids. Tomorrow is supposed to be a dry day with the rain returning on Thursday.

    www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/valle-acedia-2052…    Read more

  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    2
    11
    Day 16

    Gran Senda de Malaga

    March 17 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 55 °F

    Our cottage is directly on stage 29 of the Gran Senda de Malaga. This 850 km footpath makes a loop around the province of Malaga. (www.gransendademalaga.es/en/ ) We’ve walked many of its stages before, and we intended to complete the ones in this area on this trip. The route is very well signed posted, and a new addition is that some of the sign posts also have an image for a QR reader that gives additional information about that particular spot. The app is called Senderismo Realidad Aumentada. We tried it out on our short walk between downpours today (first video) and got information about local birds, plants, and animals, as well as trail info.

    There’s also a loop trail here that intersects the GSDM. We are hoping to walk it tomorrow. It will take us to a birds of prey viewing area, our main reason for this stopover. Today the weather service has put out an orange warning for rain, predicting up to 80 mm in 12 hours. The host of our cottage does a lot of walking around here, and she told us that the waterfall trail we had hoped to walk today was slick and dangerous from all the recent rain.

    While out on our walk yesterday, we saw our first pine processionary caterpillars of this trip (second video). While these look endearing and we have whiled away many minutes watching trains of as many as one hundred caterpillars marching along head-to-tail, their bristles are poisonous and should be avoided. They are particularly dangerous to dogs. If they sniff them and the bristles get in their tongues and noses, it can cause an allergic reaction that leads to death. So now we keep a careful distance!    Read more

  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    2
    111
    Day 15

    In the mountains

    March 16 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

    We are thrilled to be up in the mountains, the Sierra Bermeja to be exact, which means the vermillion range in English. It gets its name from the reddish color caused by the minerals in the rocks.

    Our cottage is a true casa del campo, out in the country, not in any village. Our original plan had been to walk along the coastal GR 92 as far as Casares Playa and then use a local trail along the banks of a river to get to the village of Casares where we could pick up the GR 249 to reach this spot. Thanks to all the rain that has washed out bridges and fords, that couldn’t happen, and instead we used a taxi to come the 13 km inland today on an alternate route. These are the mountains where we’ve seen the rain pouring down day after day after the clouds swept across the coastal strip and hit the uplands. Tomorrow’s forecast is for rain all day.

    We had about an hour of walkable weather today, so we walked down to see where the road has been flooded and cut by a deep ditch that the water dug. Rain or no rain, it’s great to be out of the city and walking on mountain tracks again.    Read more

  • NEZARA - Tour de l’Europe
    1
    Day 223–224

    Estepona

    March 15 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    Enfin une météo correcte pour faire de l'avance.
    On doit partir a 5h30 du matin pour les courants de marée mais la navigation est impeccable, on a même les dauphins qui viennent nous saluer au lever du soleil, on n'en avais pas vu depuis un sacré moment.
    On arrive avant midi et on décide de ce mettre au mouillage pour tester le nouveau guindeau.
    Il fonctionne nickel et on ne bouge pas d'un poil alors qu'il y a 15 nœuds de vent.
    Enfin on bouge pas en terme d'ancre parce que dans le bateau ça tangue bien, on regarde la météo et c'est sensé ce calmer en fin de journée donc on gonfle le dinghy est on part manger au resto et visiter un peu la ville.
    On passe un super bon aprèm mais malheureusement quand on revient au bateau c'est encore pire qu'avant.
    On embarque sur notre petit dinghy et on se prend direct 3 grosses vagues dans la gueule qui nous remplissent l'annexe alors qu on n'est qu a 50 cm de la plage...on rigole bien et on porte l'annexe pour partir depuis un endroit plus calme. (on est évidemment trempés comme des soupes)
    Arrivé au bateau sa secoue beaucoup trop donc on part ce mettre au port, ce qui nous permet de tester la remontée de l'ancre avec le guindeau et le système de mouillage sur pendille (typique de la méditerranée et beaucoup moins galère que prévus). On passe une super soirée au calme avant de repartir le lendemain    Read more

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  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    23213
    Day 14

    A banner day

    March 15 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F

    Today was a day for celebration beginning with getting my stitches out at a local hospital and ending with an afternoon spent with friends. For the first time in the 15 days we have been in Spain, the sun shone all day, and it didn’t rain even once! It made our midday walk along the Paseo Marítimo extra special because we had a clear view of the Strait of Gibraltar and the landmarks which frame it, the Rock of Gibraltar in Europe and Jebel Musa in Africa.

    The highlight of the day was spending time with friends. Any meal eaten with Roman and Teresa would be special, but this one turned out to have an interesting twist. The fish restaurant that was recommended to us was overflowing with people, so we turned to the next restaurant down the hill, knowing nothing about it. When Roman recognized the owner’s accent as coming from the Balkans, conversation ensued, and soon we were being treated to specialties of the house. If you ever come to Estepona, be sure to eat at Cafeteria Las Orchideas, and don’t miss the Bulgarian salad or the meat in a sauce that takes four hours to cook! We finished up the day by stumbling upon a local celebration complete with singers and musicians, and then a walk to the 3-D fish mural for another of Estepona’s special treats.

    www.wikiloc.com/walking-trails/estepona-paseo-m…    Read more

  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    112121
    Day 13

    Estepona Murals

    March 14 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F

    The map the tourist office supplies for the murals route in Estepona has an amazing 74 listings for murals painted on the sides of buildings. We had a lovely time today wandering around the narrow streets, admiring the color-coded lanes with pots full of flowers, and keeping our eyes peeled for the giant murals.

    As we left the information office, a headline on a stack of newspapers caught our eyes: “Ronda to Marbella road out of action until at least August!” Evidently, the recent deluges of rain caused a rockslide on this mountain road, and the supporting viaduct underneath the outer lane collapsed. Given that this is the major route between the coast and Ronda, its closure is going to cause a lot of problems. The rain is pouring down again as I write this.

    www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/estepona-murals-2…    Read more

  • TravelerSpain 2025 - Malaga province
    1132
    Day 12

    Wind, wind, wind!

    March 13 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 57 °F

    Halfway through today’s walk, we had a discussion about whether this was the strongest wind we had ever walked in (gusts of 45 mph/ 72kph). Our conclusion was yes; it could only be rivaled by a day near the Rodalquilar gold mines on the Transandalus mountain bike route and a day near Alcaucin on the Andalucian Coast-to-Coast walk. The wind was actually quite invigorating because we were walking east today to meet the point where we stopped yesterday and so the wind was at our backs pushing us along.

    For a good part of the day, we were the only ones on the path. I think the wind and the intermittent showers must have kept a lot of people at home. We again had good luck with bridges having recently been completed along the coastal path to cross three rivers, even though the map and the Wikiloc track did not show those bridges.

    The only really tricky part of the day came right at the end when we walked out to catch a bus back to Estepona. We had to cross over the six lanes of the motorway on a high pedestrian-only bridge that was completely open to the wind. At that height, the wind was so strong that I was terrified I was going to get blown off the bridge and into the traffic racing along below. Ned held on to me to provide an anchor. That was enough of an adrenaline rush that we completely forgot to turn off Wikiloc when we got to the bus stop, so if you look at today’s track, ignore the straight line return. At the end of the ride, a nearby Mercadona supplied freshly baked rolls, jalapeño guacamole, and salmorejo for us to celebrate the day.

    wikiloc.com/walking-trails/la-rada-parque-del-a…    Read more

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