After leaving Ordesa National Park we drove along the northern coast of Spain, visiting medieval towns which all have very narrow cobbled streets.
We spent some time at beaches also, but no swimming as the water is freezing.
We then drove through Parque Natural Las Ubinas- La Misa. We wound our way up steep and narrow roads and the temperature dropped to 4 degrees when we reached the summit.
We loved our visit to Segovia. The highlight was the amazing Roman aqueduct, an 894metre long engineering wonder. it was built with no mortar to hold the 20,000 blocks together.
All the towns have beautiful, majestic cathedrals. The one in Segovia was started in 1525 and took 200 years to build.
We took a fast train from Segovia to Madrid, travelling at 225 kph.
We walked and walked around Madrid. We went through the Palacia Real (Royal Palace), another amazing place. The paintings and tapestries were beautiful but you could not take photos.
Our next stop was Avila. The old city is surrounded by walls with 88 watchtowers and several turrets. From there we drove through Monfrague National Park, which has a population of more than 250 Black Vulture pairs. We were lucky to see several. We drove past kilometres and kilometres of olive trees.
Our next stop was Carceres with more cobbled streets lined with medieval buildings. We then drove to Merida, founded by the Romans in the 1st century BC. We walked around remains of the ancient city, with the amphitheatre and theatre being very impressive.
Seville was next on our itinerary. At last we had blue skies and 27degrees. Although bullfighting has now been banned in many places there are still 30 shows a year in Seville. We did a tour through the Plaza de Toros (bullfighting arena). It was interesting to hear the history of bullfighting.
No comments:
Post a Comment