On our third and final full day in the Sierra de Cazorla, we had decided to trek to the source of the Rio Guadalquivir, the second longest river in Spain whose entire length stays in Spain...
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On our third and final full day in the Sierra de Cazorla, we had decided to trek to the source of the Rio Guadalquivir, the second longest river in Spain whose entire length stays in Spain...
Never one to let a common cold beat me (cough, cough), we have been out and about this weekend to enjoy the glorious autumn sunshine and make the most of our last full weekend here in Granada city before we move back to Casa Magdalena.
Granada is a beautiful city in so many ways. It's not just about the Alhambra, magnificent as that complex sprawl of buildings is. Granada is a city deserves to be explored, and as we have been based here this month we walked and explored in more depth and here are a few of our discoveries...
Andrew and I are feeling a little bit fragile today. Today is my birthday, and I am not normally one for a great big occasion, but somehow we have found ourselves in the middle of a weekend with a fair amount occasion-ing. Firstly a fantastic tapas tour of Granada
Throughout August and September, there is a Guitar festival running in Los Jardines de Falla, the gardens that lead down to the foyer of the Manuel de Falla concert hall. We decided to find out more...
For me, one of the highlights of the Alhambra and Generalife, the crowning glories of Granada, has to be the Open Air Theatre...
One of the festivals that we really wanted to witness was the Feria. Granada has its own very special festival that ties in with one of the main religious festivals in Spain, Corpus Christi. And we had heard it was quite an event...
As we are here for Easter, it made perfect sense for us to go into Granada for at least one of the days leading up to Easter to see some of the Semana Santa processions first hand...
Leaving behind Cabo de Trafalgar and Los Caños de Meca, we decided on a rural route to our next destination, Vejer de la Frontera. Driving through forests of Aleppo pine, over gentle hills and into beautiful countryside, reminiscent of the South Downs...
The Costa de La Luz blew us away...literally!
