Andalusia tour Sept.-Oct. 2019

Overnight stay

Wegpunkt für die Barcelona - Umfahrung

By bike to Cambrils for ice cream and strolling.

Lazing around the pool

By bike to the 'Ermita der la Mare der Deu der la Roca'. A small Marian pilgrimage church with a hermitage on a small mountain. Very nice.

Enjoy the Ebro Delta

The next morning we walked into the city and visited the Castell with the old town.
Because the pool at the campsite was empty, we stayed in town for a long time, for example having a beer in a small bar and rested from the tour.
Later I sat at the campsite in front of the Womo for about 1 hour and then went back to the center for dinner in the evening.

ACSI € 16

Arrival in the late afternoon, space very tight, so I took the first one at the entrance. Real as the pegs stood,
Then around 17:30 in the city, wanted to eat something. However, most of the restaurants didn't open until 8 p.m.
We then drank a beer in a bar and after 8 p.m. we enjoyed a ham platter with Iberian acorn ham in the Pata Negra bar. Delicious.

Enjoy Peniscola

Very nice place, pool, supermarket, restaurant, everything open, bus in front of the place 25 minutes to Valencia, ACSI 18 €

Enjoy Valencia

Enjoy Valencia

Saxo Disco Garden!

Bicycle excursion, approx. 25 KM, over the port and "rocks of Calpe", 350 HM

Parking space with V / E, free, well suited for visiting Guadix

Visit the cathedral in the afternoon and the old town in the evening.

Visited the cave houses of Guadix the next morning

Very good for Granada. Very well-tended, albeit older, place. Good little restaurant, supermarket.

ACSI € 20. Bus runs about every hour directly in front of the square to Granada.

To Pico approx. 11.8 KM easy, 800 m difference in altitude. possibly try with a bike

Los Cahorros is an area that belongs to the Sierra Nevada, is located near the Monachil River, and from which you have a great view of the gorges. You can take a tour in this area, the most famous of which is Cahorros Altos, the starting point of which is 5 km east of the village of Monachil.

Old quarter of Granada

The Vereda de la Estrella is another breathtaking route that has existed since 1890 when it was used as a link between the mines. The starting point of this fascinating route is in the Barranco de San Juan, a fantastic river valley, where the last stop of the Sierra Railway used to be.

Conveniently located parking space for a visit to Cordoba, less than 500 m from the old town

Old town and cathedral

Drittgrößtes Amphitheater im römischen Reich und Theatro Romano. Parkplatz mit Übernachtungsmöglichkeit

Stellplatz bei WoMo Händler, mit allem.

5 Km in die Innenstadt.

Bus direkt vor dem Platz, Taxi in die Stadt zwischen 7 und 8 €

Sehr schöner Abend in Jerez, gemütliche Kneipen und Restaurants

Very nice, quiet city. Lively old town with quaint pubs and restaurants

Dieses Mal hat uns Cadiz nicht soo gut gefallen wie bei vorhergehenden Besuchen, daher sind wir Abends weiter gefahren

Very nice beaches, the area is perfect for e-bike tours. Enjoyed the sunset in the Sajorami Beach restaurant with an excellent meal

Overnight on a small pitch

Sehr gut gelegen für einen Besuch Gibraltas. etwa 800 m zu Fuß über die Grenze, dahinter gibt's Busse durch Gibralta.

Sights [edit | Edit source]


Old town (La Ciudad)


Santa María la Mayor

The majority of the historically significant buildings are located in the old town, the "Ciudad Vieja", usually called La Ciudad for short, which, with its mixture of North African and Spanish traditions, is a worth seeing example of the architecture and urban development of many Andalusian cities.

Most of the buildings from the time of the Moorish rule were destroyed after the conquest by the Catholic Spanish. You can still see the Baños Arabes ("Arab Baths"), the Puente Viejo ("Old Bridge") bridge, two palaces, the Casa del Gigante and the Palacio de Mondragón (with the Ronda Museum, "Museo Municipal", beautifully preserved courtyards and a garden in Moorish style), and some smaller buildings, such as the former minaret Alminar de San Sebastián. In the Casa del Rey Moro, the “House of the Moorish King”, you can climb stairs carved into the rock - La Mina - down to the Tajo de Rondasteigen.

The monastery and church Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor on Plaza Duquesa de Parcent were built at the end of the 15th century under King Ferdinand II ("Fernando el Católico") on the site of the city's former great mosque. The mihrāb with Arabic inscriptions and part of the minaret that has been converted into a bell tower can still be seen from the original structure. Inside the building there are Gothic and Renaissance features.

To the southeast of the square, there are still some remains of the old city wall on the slope of the mountain.

The old town is separated from the younger part of town, El Mercadillo, which was only created after the Spanish conquest, by the 80 m deep El Tajo gorge.

The abyss in the city center is spanned by the Puente Nuevo ("New Bridge") from the late 18th century. From Plaza María Auxiliadora there is an unpaved path down to the lookout point, from which one can have the famous view of Ronda with the Puente Nuevo.

The bullring, Plaza de Toros, was built by the same architect, José Martín de Aldehuela, in the years 1779–1785. It is one of the oldest and largest in Spain and is considered the birthplace of Spanish bullfighting in its current form.

The chapel Templete de la Virgen de los Dolores, also from the 18th century, is located on Calle Santa Cecilia. Noteworthy are the narrow late baroque columns of the portal, which, influenced by Central and South American iconography, depict human-bird hybrids and similarly strange creatures.

At the edge of the El Tajo Gorge are the beautifully landscaped Jardines de Cuenca, named after Ronda's twin town.

In the vicinity of the city there are other interesting witnesses to the history of Ronda and the region:


The "Alameda del Tajo" square


Town house in Ronda

Cueva de la Pileta, in the Benaoján district, a cave (Spanish: Cueva) with cave paintings dating back to between 18,000 and 15,000 years BC. BC, is located about 20 km southwest of the city and, together with the Dolmen de Chopo, a tumulus, is one of the oldest witnesses of human settlement activities in the region.

Parkplatz in Seitenstrasse

Enjoyed the beautiful "white village of Andalusia" with the e-bikes to Zahara

Explore the beautiful beach and eat in a tiny, Arabic restaurant on the beach

Let it fade away slowly, pool, beach

E-bike tour, explore Torre del Mar, pool.

Start your journey home

Relax

Great starting point for the Pont-du-Gard