On our way to the Extremadura, we passed Toledo, which we wanted to visit, although it was incredibly hot. We first took the scenic route which leads around town on the other side of the river Tajo and gives you incredible views of the city and its special location. It is a good road which …
We love the Via Verdes in Spain – former railway tracks converted into cycling routes. This one is called Via Verde del Trenillo. It leads straight through a flat landscape, so we didn’t expect too much and therefore were positively surprised. We started from Villacañas, where we had spent the night at a shady picnic …
On the way to Toledo, this impressive castle dominates the landscape. We couldn’t resist and took the road up – which might require a 4×4 for campers. If you manage the first part of the gravel road, where a lot of wheel spinning had created deep holes, than you are good! The first documented reference …
The windmills of Castilla – La Mancha are a special landmark on this otherwise very flat tableland about 700 metres above sea level, known as meseta. In the end we went to 3 different locations with windmills: Campo de Criptana, Alcázar de San Juan and Consuegra. Each set of windmills had their own characteristics. Our …
On our way from Jávea westwards through Spain, we decided to follow the Júcar river, which we reached at Alcalá del Júcar. From here we followed the river upstream and were mesmerised by the incredible valley. The soft limestone was not only formed by the river but also used to build houses into man made …
Coming to Xàbia (or Jávea) felt like coming home for us. We lived here for 8 years with our son and have very good memories of this town. For us, it is the most beautiful spot at the Costa Blanca. The Montgó – a fascinating mountain, with caves inhabited already 30.000 years ago, shelters the …
In Zaragoza we had crossed the Ebro and after our visit to Belitche we had returned to the river and decided to follow it to its delta at the Mediterranean coast. The Ebro rises in Cantabria and flows 930 kilometres to the East. In the Iberian peninsula, it ranks second in length after the Tagus (Tajo), and second in discharge volume …
A town completely destroyed during the Spanish civil war, any reconstruction prohibited by the dictator, the ruins left to remind us of the cruelties of warfare, that is Belchite el viejo. A new town was built next to it by captured Republican soldiers who were interned in the nearby concentration camp. Belitche is a place …
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 …
