Unexpected Delights of Spain

Before embarking on this trip we weren't really sure how easy it would be to find places to stay overnight with the motorhome.  Luckily, nearly all the interesting towns, cities and natural areas have a place or two where stopping is accepted. Much easier than we thought and thank goodness.

Beside the bullring

Of course Spain covers a vast area with mountains, coast, forests and bleak sandy landscapes. We have found most of these, perhaps with the exception this time of the mountains, as snow was forecast and the snow ploughs were out and about making us feel a bit concerned. The roads we have taken have peaked at 1200 metres before gradually descending to the coast and it has been beautiful. Vast green fields south of Seville towards Tarifa, olive groves, cherry and almond orchards in between and then deep red and orange ochre colours towards Zaragoza, We have loved it all.

No self respecting village or small town is without it's castle!

Here are some photos of our favourite and most surprising places visited. Unfortunately the camera never does a place justice and trying to take a shot of a view while travelling in the van is a non-starter.


                             The snow when we first arrived in January

                             La Granja Palace and the aqueduct in Segovia

   

Enjoying the sherry near Cadiz

Roman cities

                                    16th and 17th Century former palaces

The sighting of a Glossy Ibis at the lake in Le Rocio

Le Rocio cowboy town and Matalascanas beach.

Replicas of the ship Columbus took to the Americas

                                                            Hilltop towns

                                       

                                           Sampling the Anis at Cinchon

Enjoying the Spa at Cascante and strolling around Aranjuez Palace.

                              Learning about Don Quixote at Puerto Lapice

The road to Zaragoza

Troglodyte homes near Tulada

Anyone for tea?

                                      Puerto la Reina

And finally .....Tapas in Pamplona!

Our last night tomorrow in San Sebastian before the journey up through France and home.