This is the fourth in a series of posts about our travels around Spain.
The first three covered Errenteria to Cabo de Palos. With Blue skies, misty mornings, hard frosts, high mountains, blossoms, orange groves, hidden gems, warm sunny days, and stunning places.
Next up we travelled from Las Orres de Cotillas to La Palma del Candade including a day in Gibraltar.
Windmills, “Desert Island” beaches, whitewashed mountain villages, film sets, air-dried hams, and of course Gibraltar.
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The Detail:
See Errenteria to Artana for detailed information about our trip around Spain
This is the fourth in a series of four posts covering our time travelling around Spain in early 2022.
- Errenteria to Artana
- Moncofar to Torrevieja
- Los Acazares to Cabo de Palos
- Las Orres de Cotillas to La Palma del Candade including Gibraltar
Mojacar in the Mountains
Mojacar is a must – maybe not in season as we suspect it would be very busy.
The main village is up in the mountains but there are a lot of tourist places along the coast beneath the village.
A beautiful little white village.
Sunken Treasure
Our next stop is worth a mention – we stopped at various miradors (viewing points) along the way before stopping at Retamar.
A large area of waste ground behind two enormous hotels (closed). The walk along the seafront was stunning and there was a sunken area for shops/restaurants around a huge Lledo which contained any noise.
A busy place in the Summer but quiet in February.
Smile, You're on Camera
Beautiful weather at the coast so we went inland to explore the Tabernas desert where over 600 films have been filmed.
Very eerie location – obviously deserted but from the front looked like proper houses/towns.
Game of thrones season 6, Assasins Creed, the good, the bad, and the ugly to name but a few were filmed in the area.
This was also the area Andrew tried to visit another mirador. Up a track that got narrower and narrower with a drop on one side and a cliff on the other.
Suspect a sign will go up there now saying no motorhomes allowed haha.
Cliff Hanger
On from here to Treque where there were some houses built into the cliff. Pretty little…and quiet…village.
No Stopping Here
We then travelled through the Sierra Nevada mountains towards Castell de Ferro.
We saw several pretty white-washed villages.
The brake warning light came on! Never good when travelling down narrow mountain roads – more on that later.
Running Repairs
We went to Castell de Ferro as we had a lovely holiday there 25 years ago.
My how it has grown and wasn’t particularly pretty.
We ended up stopping for three nights as we needed to get the brakes sorted and all our laundry done.
The site wasn’t pretty – motorhomes packed in there – some had been there months. A surprising number of French motorhomes, I suspect because the owners spoke fluent French!
The couple running it were lovely, it was a secure site as locked at night and there was a garage just over the road. Lots of wild goats around.
On our last day there a van turned up selling wine. Turns out the lady’s hubby makes wine and she sells it. Andrew was impressed with the quality of the red so we got 2 litres of it.
Castell so much bigger than 25 years ago and grubby in parts but you know what – it was okay as the people were all so friendly and helpful.
Costa Del Not For Us
Although we were down in the Costa del Sol area we bypassed all the large tourist destinations. We sought out the more traditionally Spanish areas,
English and various other Europeans were all packed into this area, no doubt seeking out the winter sun.
The Rock
Stopping overnight up in the hills not far from Gibraltar we decided we had to go there.
We stopped at a marina on the mainland just outside of Gibraltar and walked in.
Had to wait 20 mins for planes to land at Gibraltar airport – wouldn’t want to get that wrong as would go over the end of the runway into the sea.
Positively underwhelmed by Gibraltar. Glad we went but wouldn’t rush to go back.
We decided not to go up the rock as Zeus and the monkeys were a recipe for disaster so just walked around the dock and it was all so busy with so many people.
We stopped for a drink in a sweet square we found and people-watched. Then back to Lottie for dinner.
Beautiful sunset. Glad we went – not sure would ever go back.
Park Life
Our last but one stop in Spain before entering Portugal was Ermita parc of San Benito.
It was busy when we arrived – lots of Spanish families enjoying family time.
We couldn’t take Zeus into the main park without a muzzle on, but there were secure dog parks there – that were free – as well as dog rest areas where they can stay whilst the family enjoyed their BBQs.
The Rock
La Palma del Condado was our last stop before Portugal.
Pleasant little motorhome stop. Four others there – apparently had been 20 the night before – that would have been cozy.
Had our first tapas in a little bar just off the main square. All in Spanish so no idea what we were ordering but very pleasant haha.
As before, There is so much more we saw and did that I haven’t included here – you’ll just have to go see it for yourself!
Next stop Portugal
I haven’t gone into great detail about anything in particular in this post, so if you would like me to expand on anything please leave a comment and I will endeavor to write another separate post on the topic.
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