We came to Santa Pola for one important reason: here a gas station is filling gas bottles. They have the adapter for German and other bottles and have no reason not to do it (like everywhere else). After that was done, we went to the harbour and enjoyed the good weather. The next day, we […]
At the empty plains in the middle of Spain, there are many hidden gems to be found. On our way south, we went bird watching at Gallocanta and discovered an extraordinary castle in the middle of nowhere. The castle of Zafra was built in the late 12th or early 13th century on a sandstone outcrop
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From the abandoned village of Pardina de Albás, we had to make our way back to a tar road today. First we drove down the mountains, crossed the deep mud a second time and then drove up the mountain on the other side. There were many washed out sections with deep trenches where you don’t
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We left Huesca in the afternoon to explore the impressive castle we had seen from the highway: Castillo Montearagón. It was closed, but the light was perfect and after walking around it, we spent the night not far from the castle, with great views of the sunset and the lights of Huesca. The next day,
North from Huesca, from the Loarre Castle, which we had visited before, we started a gravel route, taking us to the remains of Castillo Marcuello, a vulture colony and over an interesting track down the mountains to La Pena in the next valley. From the medieval castle, only one wall stands like a finger into
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We had spent the night and half a rainy day in Graus, where we could park next to the river and walk into town. In the afternoon the sun was shining again, and we decided to drive another gravel track to an abandoned village and further over the mountains. Once a prosperous town, but without
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After driving off-road the last days, it was time for a hike. As there is no more spectacular hike than the Mont-Rebei, and we were very close to this gorge, we went there. Our hike started south of Puente de Montañana, at the big parking which was closed, and had a 2,3 m restriction anyway.
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2 abandoned villages, a dam in the middle of nowhere and the most amazing rock formations made us drive on gravel roads through a nice landscape to get to all this places. We were surprised to see how low the water level in this dam was, for sure 20 metres lower than it could be.
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We had spent the night at Arén, where we walked to some dinosaur prints, not far from our parking spot next to the cemetery. The sight is well-marked and has information boards and a walkway, that you can admire the prints from close without destroying them. That day we went on a gravel track going
Claramunt is one of the many abandoned villages you can find around Spain. A gravel road leads up the mountain to this village. From there we continued over the mountains with great views until we reached the next valley. A colony of Griffon Vultures was waiting for the fog to lift and the thermic conditions
