Hostal Sancho de Estrada
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Che freddo!!
... particolare dall'esterno. Sulla via del ritorno ci siamo diretti poi alla chiesa dedicata a S. Teresa d'Avila, che pur non essendo spettacolare, ha comunque un suo fascino. Una bella arietta fresca ci ha colti impreparati qui ad Avila.... La temperatura si è abbassata di molto e così siamo dovuti tornare in albergo ad infilarci un paio di pantaloni lunghi, felpe e giubbini!! ...
Sierra de Gredos
... here we visited a chapel with an amazing garden, swam in a mountain river, and one evening wandered into Candeleda and into a folk music concert where free food and drink were being served.
But for me the highlight was the eagles. You would always see one somewhere gliding about in that regal way they do so well. And they weren't shy. At one point, on a walk to a resevoir, an ...
Ávila
... through this neglected province a bit like driving through a Van Gogh dream : sunflowers everywhere and fields of gold and green.
Castilla y Leon is where Spain's identity was pretty much established. The Catholic Monarchs, the Reconquest, Santa Teresa, the origins of the Castilian language... all pretty much happened around here. And when you hear names like Ávila, Segovia, Salamanca, Burgos ..... names ...
The Almanzor Adventure
... up to a ridge just below the summit. We were hoping there would be snow and we could climb with crampons but it was clear due to the dry winter. When you near the summit, every few steps you get a better view than before. This is where it got a bit hairy. You have to go around the back side of the last spire and do some challenging and highly exposed scrambling to reach the summit which is a single ...
Road Trip
This is a top pick!
After loading up the bikes in a van, we set off on a road trip to Salamanca, stay the night and then onwards to Madrid for the flight back. As we drove, we basically followed the route back the way we had come, and when went over the mountains, we realised that we were lucky as the there was now loads of snow !!!
Salamanca
Once we arrived, we dumped the van and headed off to the town where we ran around shooting at ...
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