Friday 20th May: City and Albayzin tour Day. We were greeted with another spectacular day with cool sunny mornings but warm days. Our small shuttle bus tour yesterday had passed along the river and through the bottom of the Albayzin Muslim quarter so we took that pretty route for our morning walk. The narrow Carrera… More
Wednesday 18th May: Drive to Granada Day. http://www.vrbo.com/433332ha# We had a final walk through Ronda before heading off for the 2 hour drive to Granada and the weather was good making for a relatively easier drive. The scenery between Ronda and Granada is quite varied and spectacular in parts with pretty mountains, the odd exposed… More
Tuesday 17th May: Rock scramble day. It was fairly quiet on the streets at 8 am for our morning walk and it was lovely to view the main sites again but, this time, without all the crowds. The plan for the day was to take the Hotel’s suggested 90 minute guided walk, stop for a… More
Monday 16th May – Ronda http://www.hotelsangabriel.com/en/ It was another stunning morning in Cadiz for our departure day, brilliant sunshine, warm and a clear blue sky. We had an early walk before getting on the road at 10am. Ronda was only a 2 hour drive from Cadiz and so we decided to take the longer coast… More
Sunday 16th May: Our second and only full day in Cadiz. This is just a short update as we’ve had a very full day and have only just retired to our room at 9.30 pm. We woke to a beautiful sunny morning and took a walk along the harbour and beach area which was lovely… More
Saturday 14th May: Arrival day in Cadiz. www.hotellacatedral.com It was somewhat bitter-sweet to wake up to sunshine and clear blue skies this morning. ‘Sweet’ because this made for better driving conditions down to Cadiz but ‘bitter’, too, in that we had not had a morning like this during our entire 5 day stay in Seville… More
Friday 13th May: Cordoba Day.There were clear skies this morning which was most encouraging for us as we set out on a day trip via train to Córdoba.
Thursday 12th May: Lazy day and some shopping. There was the hint of sunshine when we woke and so we headed out for a morning walk. We had been advised that there were markets nearby and so we made that the destination for our walk. This was also near the restaurant where we planned to… More
Wednesday 11th May: Seville Cathedral Day. The sun was out this morning and so we took the opportunity to head out for a walk. The apartment owner had advised us about a major pilgrimage procession starting today at between 8 and 9 am from two different local Churches and so we made one of these… More
Tuesday 10th May It was a wet start to the day but we decided to brave the conditions and do our planned 11 am walking tour of Seville. It poured pretty much throughout the whole tour and even Mark’s shoes, that had remained dry throughout the rain of Lisbon, became soaked through. Needless to say,… More