Trip: Tour of Spain
There are [38] stories from my trip: Tour of Spain
SPAIN | Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 | Views [461] | Comments [1]
We have eaten and drunk our way through Northern Spain and very enjoyable it has been! If you have been following the blog for 6 weeks you will notice it has very much been a case of 'eat, sleep, explore, repeat'!! I love Spain, the people are friendly ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 25 Sep 2016 | Views [572] | Comments [2]
Made the short journey to Bilbao our final destination on this trip. Had low expectations of Bilbao as it has been a very industrial city but was absolutely well impressed. Over the last 20 years the whole docklands has been re-developed with a strong ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 25 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Thursday, 22 Sep 2016 | Views [507]
On the steep journey downhill out of the hills the breaks on the beast were stinking, we have had this a few times on the bad downhills but this time the break light came on. After much contemplation and discussion with our mechanic in the UK we decided ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 22 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Wednesday, 21 Sep 2016 | Views [439]
Left the cities behind and headed for the hills in the Basque region. This is were the language becomes even trickier as the Basques have their own language which is completely different to Spanish it contains lots of x's, z's, u's and the words are ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 21 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 20 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 20 Sep 2016 | Views [430]
Castille, Astorga
Left the Ancares region and headed east into the heart of Castille for a couple of tourist days. Visited a lovely restored village and then continued to Astorga. A historic town with the cathedral, squares and Roman walls. Had a ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 20 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 20 Sep 2016 | Views [551] | Comments [2]
After a couple of days hanging around the beast because of torrential rain we left Galicia and headed to Burbia in the Ancares National Park. A very remote area of Castille. We visited the tourist information in the largest village in the area and between ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 15 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Thursday, 15 Sep 2016 | Views [494] | Comments [3]
Galicia, Costa de Morte (the return)
As we are staying in Northern Spain now we decided to do more exploring of the costa de morte as it is a really lovely stretch of coast. Went back to our harbour stopover and did a great mountain bike route along ... Read more >
SPAIN | Saturday, 10 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Saturday, 10 Sep 2016 | Views [442] | Comments [4]
Galicia
The plan for today was to relocate south and head for Extremadura. Set off on a 5 hour journey but with every mile it got hotter and hotter. Stopped for lunch and it was boiling. Started to reassess our plan. Checked temperatures for destination ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 6 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 6 Sep 2016 | Views [633] | Comments [3]
Galicia, Santiago de Compostela
Pilgrim central. This is the most religious pilgrimage place after Rome and Lourdes all because of some very tenuous story about St James remains being found here. If you make it here on foot and get all your ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 6 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Tuesday, 6 Sep 2016 | Views [391]
Galicia, Finsterre
After our Costa de Morte walk we drove out to Finsterre which literally translate to the 'end of the world' as it is the most westerly point on mainland Europe and was the end of the known world until Columbus discovered the Americas.... Read more >
SPAIN | Saturday, 3 Sep 2016 | Photo Gallery
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