Alcalá del Júcar – 3.+4.1.2024

A last delicious brunch with our friends, then we left Anna around 4 pm. We drove westwards, over hills and through forests.

There are hundreds of wind turbines in this region!

The earth has a lovely red colour. We drove past Ayora …

… until we reached Alcalá del Júcar. We spent the night there.

This little town is amazing! It’s located in a gorge into which the river Júcar has eaten its way.

The Puente Romano (Roman bridge).

The houses cling to the side of the gorge. A castle is at the top.

We walked along a small canal to the end of the town.

There were almost no people in this part of the town.

We then climbed up, through many little streets.

Near the church it became more touristic.

On the other side of the river we saw the oval bullring.

We walked further up.

At the top you have a view of the upper course of the river, which winds around the rock in a large bend.

The castle is up there. They were just about to close, so we didn’t go in.

On the way down we passed a garage that is used as a location for vending machines!

We left Alcalá – we wanted to see the town from above.

Halfway out of the gorge is a car park.

We stopped in Casas del Cerro. The village looked deserted …

… but the view of Alcalá was impressive!

Obviously time and the weather are taking their toll on the old walls.

Some more impressions of Casas del Cerro.

We drove back down into the valley, to follow the river Júcar on the road AB-209 upstream.

It was an amazing drive!

We passed the village La Recueja …

… and still more fantastic rock faces. These photos are all taken out of the moving van – hence the quality is not as fantastic 😉

Nearly all the houses were built into the rocks. We passed the tiny hamlets Jorquera, Maldonado and Cubas.

We saw a couple of chamois or ibexes 🙂

Just before Valdeganga we left the valley of the Júcar and drove to a parking space in Mahora. That night it rained a little, the first time on this holiday!

The route we travelled in these two days.

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