Exploring Zaragoza, we started at the Aljafería Palace, before we strolled into the centre where around the Plaza de Pilar the Basilica and Lonja together with the Fountain of Hispanicity and many other buildings impress with its grandeur. The Aljafería Palace was built as a fortified medieval palace during the 11th century in the Taifa of Zaragoza, an independent …
After spending a cloudy day working and getting all our washing done at a self service laundry in Fuentes del Ebro, we reached the village of Rodén in the evening. During the Civil War (1936-39) the village was destroyed and abandoned. The new village lies now below, with the ruins on the hill preserved to …
We had reached the Desierto de los Monegros – a semidesert in Aragón. It is a semi arid zone prone to frequent droughts and high temperatures. Now in May it appeared quite green, and we were surprised to see fields of cereals on every even surface. To explore this area there is a route called “Ruta de …
We didn’t know this town until we were looking for a stop for the night on our way to the Monegros Desert. When we reached this free caravan parking, we were surprised how nice this town at the river Segre appeared. The next day we went for a stroll along the river and to the …
Where would you expect numerous murals in Spain? Madrid, Barcelona or a tiny village in Lleida province? Penelles is exactly that and famous for its street art and the Gargar festival celebrating it every year. This lovely community even provides a free parking for caravans with a service station in the centre of the village. …
At the foothills of the Pyrenees, near the villag e of Peramola, lies a fascinating rock formation, called Roca del Corb. We found a hike on Wikiloc, starting from the village, which we followed up into the mountains and around Roca del Corb with incredible views of an even bigger and similar rock formation. They …
This year winter staid long into spring and the high peaks of the Pyrenees were still covered with a lot of snow. Nevertheless we wanted to try to hike to some lakes near the skiing station of Grau Roig, which is a part of the Grandvalira skiing area where we had spent a week of …
We drove into the Pyrenees in the direction to Andorra and came to a Spanish enclave in France, which consists of the village of Llívia with about 1590 inhabitants and lies at 1223 metres surrounded by mountains up to 2900 metres high. We used a lovely parking to meet with Cordy’s parents, which were on …
As we were longing to get to a warmer region, we just crossed France again, stopping at Vichy and Sévérac for a brake. We were travelling mostly on toll free roads, as we are always paying a lot with our size of camper. Vichy is well known as a spa town. There are six different …
We are now more than 1000 days on the road and always try our best to find spectacular spots. After traveling through 34 countries and driving 100 000 kilometres, we know, that only about 3 percent are gravel road and a tiny part of it are really challenging off road passages. As we are driving …
