AC El Portil
Travel Blogs from Cartaya
Day 16: Countryside
Today I went to a rural area of Italy. It was very calm and quiet here. The people were really nice and gave us some of their food so that we could eat there with them. Their houses were built of pure bricks making them very stable and warm for those cold fronts that come in the winter.
I did nothing else because I wanted to take a break. I had enough relaxation for the day outside enjoying the great wind and beautiful sun. ...
Tavira days
After a bit of trouble finding the bus station we managed to catch the bus straight to Tavira from Huelva city and an easy journey (1 1/2 hours) saw us in the middle of Tavira where we walked to our hotel.
Tavira is a very pretty little town and both Katie and I liked it straight away. There are attractive houses along the river front and some lovely views from the bridges one of which is ...
Seaside chill holiday
We drove to punta umbria from jerez de la frontera via seville in about 4 hours and followed some very amusing and eccentric instructions to our apartment. They came I suspect via google translate and included such gems as turn right after paradise restaurant and continue until round ducks. This turned out to be because the street names had been translated but the instructions miraculously worked and we found the place ...
It can only get better!!!!!
... Eventually we found the San Sebastian signs out of the city. On arriving at San Sebastian we once again ended up in the city centre instead of the coast road. We managed to get out of San Sebastian but on the French road. So after having no sleep, Vic driving for 25 hours, we arrived in France! Biarritz is just over the border, from there to the other side, we tried numerous sites but all were complet (fully booked). We ended up at a place called Tosse (I called it ...
Mooring up another river
... wind as we motored along.
With a constant check on pilotage I helmed while Steve stood lookout. It was weird because we entered the channel and then proceeded along the beach passing sunbathers and swimmers as we went. The markers were not easy to spot and it looked as though they actually stopped but then we spotted another a fair way away. After that it was keeping in the channel and making our way 2 miles ...
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Other places to stay in Cartaya
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Playacartaya Spa Hotel
C/ Diego de Almagro, No 1, Cartaya | 4 star hotelfrom $83 -
Hotel & Spa Cartaya Garden
Paraje San Miguel s/n, Cartaya | 4 star hotelfrom $65 -
AC Hotel Nuevo Portil Golf by Marriott
Urb. Nuevo Portil S/N, Cartaya | 4 star hotelfrom $69 -
Plaza Chica
De la Plaza, 29, Cartaya | Hotelfrom $81
