Amaltea Hotel Lorca
Carretera de Granada Lorca, Murcia, 30800, Spain and Canary Islands
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Still in the hills but warm again!
... Barrancos, or the Badlands, as John calls them. He has clearly watched too many Westerns! This unusual landscape is (so I am told!! ) formed by a combination of loose conglomerate soil, semi arid conditions and flash floods contributing to water and wind erosion.
We enjoyed some lovely walks from the campsite and also drove up the mountain (nail-biting again!) to see the pozos de nieve, where they used to make and store ice, which was ...
Costa Calida
The scenery along
the coast from Gandia to Cartagena is once again picturesque as, for the most
part, the road sits between the mountains and the sea. It was like flipping over the pages of a travel brochure as we passed signs for Benidorm, Alicante,Torrevieja, resorts we have all heard about. For us, the final stretch was quite spectacular as we snaked our way down the hillside towards the sea. (Note to selves: ...
Pirates beware.
The morning we woke up in Aguilas we decided to venture into the town and visit the fort at the top of the hill. The weather had turned sleazy so we kept a brisk pace to keep warm.
The Fortress up on the hill was a small price to pay and a small experience to have. The building was somewhat of an optical illusion and looked much bigger and grander from ...
Booyass!
... the Bullas’ back at home.
Actually pronounced "Boo’yas", the town was really clean and quaint. Sadly no schloss, but it did have a reputation as great wine producers. So we got stuck in.
We couldn’t say it was a very touristy place, certainly not at this time of the year. So we were being gawked at quite a bit from the ...
Typical Murcian village
... it's white walls and red 'graffiti' work outlining the roof and windows. in these modern times it houses an art museum! which to my utter dismay is closed for the next week due to the manager being on holiday! i can only laugh. this place is so pretty though, i know i will be returning with my mum and dad one day to show them, so i can explore this building another day.
as i saunter uptowards the castle, high on the hill (closed to visiters), my head ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Nh Amaltea



