Corbera D’ Ebre

We were woken extremely early at 4:30am by a car alarm going off which then proceeded to sound every ten minutes until I finally got up at 6:30am to the sound of one of the bins being emptied by a farmer with a tractor and trailer and then a procession of tractors proceeded down the road every 2-3 minutes. For such a quiet village it was a very noisy start to the day.
We left the park up at 10am and then drove 15 miles down the road to the town of Corbera D’ Ebre.
The upper town was completely destroyed in the Spanish Civil War during the Battle of the Ebro (25 July–16 November 1938) and although the lower part of the town was rebuilt, the upper part, known as Poble Vell (Old Town), including the old church on the hill, has been kept as a reminder. I had found this location from watching abandoned engineering and as we were passing I wanted to stop and see it.
The 115-day-long Battle of the Ebro, was the longest, bloodiest and most decisive battle of the Spanish Civil War.
It’s an unbelievable sight to walk around and although we have been to other worn torn towns this particular one is more rubble than buildings.
The troops that fought at the battle of Ebro had come from the town of Belchite. That is tomorrow’s location.
We only spent about an hour at Corbera d’ebre and then after not finding a decent spot to sleep in Xerta we drove to the town of Miravet. We were last here exactly 2 years ago today. We love this area and as soon as we stopped I headed out on my bike on the roads and I was only passed by 1 car over 30km.Read more