Our place for the night was very idyllic: We hesitated to do the walk (because of the weather forecast), but what a good job that we did go! It turned out to be another WOW walk. Our senses got spoilt: the smells, the quiet, the flowers, the birds, the scenery – it was great! We…
Kategorie: Iberische Halbinsel
Valdevaqueros – 15.3.2022
It was a wet day… We meant to go walking in the wandering dune of Valdevaqueros, but it was raining, so we just drove through… Then we headed along the coast, towards Barbate. The roads weren’t in very good condition… The scenery reminded us of Scotland! We postponed our walk to the next day…
Tarifa – 14.3.2022
Our spot for the night was above Tarifa, so we had a good view of the viillage and across the sea to Morocco. It’s a bird watching place, and apparently you can see thousands of migrating birds in spring and autumn. Unfortunately it was too cold 😦 Lots of flowers, and the Strait of Gibraltar:…
Gibraltar – 13.3.2022
I’ve been looking forward to Gibraltar, to hear some English spoken, to have the „British feeling“ 🙂 We saw the Rock of Gibraltar getting closer. After walking over the border (notice my cousin Gerd’s shoes and socks from http://www.anziehendes.ch !) we had to cross the landing strip of the airport -there is no other way…
Ronda – 12.3.2022
Since we arrived in Ronda the night before, we could start with the sightseeing straight away. Ronda is a town basically built on two rocks, separated by the river Guadalevín. We walked to the famous Puente Nuevo. Apparently it took 40 years to build the bridge, and it’s 100 meters high! The houses are standing…
Setenil de las Bodegas – 11.3.2022
After breakfast we drove off, past Ardales, through lovely countryside, with lots of olive trees (still no vines…). We headed for Setenil de las Bodegas. A lot of the houses there are built into the rock. It’s a very unusual sight, We walked around the village, through narrow streets. We stopped at a deli food…
Caminito del Rey – 10.3.2022
We were booked for a walk on the Caminito del Rey (path of the king). It’s a walk through a canyon that used to be one of the most dangerous walks on earth (!). It’s been rebuilt in 2015, and now it’s not dangerous anymore, but still spectacular. The amount of people that are allowed…
Dolmen in Antequera / Conde de Guadalhorce – 9.3.2022
We drove back to Antequera to see some dolmen. The museum at the site of the first two dolmen was to open in one week only, so unfortunately we couldn’t really go inside, but we were shown a film of how (they imagine) the dolmen were built. The site is done up nicely. There is…
Fuente de Piedra – 8.3.2022
We were probably the only ones at the Camping, and there were only a few people around the lagoon. When it rains plenty in autumn and winter, the lagoon is full of water, and there are a lot of very pink flamingoes breeding. That wasn’t the case last winter, so the water is very shallow…
Antequera / Fuente de Piedra – 7.3.2022
Leaving our „night spot“ that we had the last two nights: It was time to do some chores, like washing clothes… We drove into Antequera for that. The hill just next to Antequera is called La Peña de los Enamorados (Rock of the Lovers), but it looks like the head of a red Indian. We…