Adventurous episodes in Andalusia.. Stories from my travel to the southern of Spain

Starting on 8 August by Bologna.Alle 17:30 on Friday, just finished the job with the car we headed for the highway to begin avventura.Un 'only reservation: Figueres for 9 night.
6355 km
-Total cost for unleaded petrol: 504 euro (in Spain between 1.14 and 1.19 per liter)
-Total cost of toll roads: 250 (in spain highways are called pay-by Autovia after about Valencia is also the autopista and that 'free and' very often a good alternative to save and travel well anyway)
Cost-nights: 6 nights in 2 star hotel without breakfast 200 euros per head, 13 nights camping € 150 per head, 4 nights in macchi free tot = 350
Approximate cost per-meal costs between the supermarket and restaurants 350-400 euro
Total cost for travel expenses essential: about 1300 euros for 22 days.
Wonderful places and to be reviewed:
- Desert tabernas
- Granada
- Ronda, Zahara de la Sierra and the pueblos blancos
- Tarifa
- Cabo de gata
A trip for those who love the heat, to resist those who drive, for those who love the siesta, the paessagi arid and who loves sognare.Abbiamo had a bit of disappointment because the coast and 'very touristy and it' was ruined by wild concreting that ruined the countryside and that also attracts tourism spree that knows only nightclubs and grattaceli of hotel.Per lovers instead traditions is still placed in places not known for now and hopefully forever remain untouched by man because they are truly unique landscapes!

 

Bologna - Figueres

1050 km circa.Partenza to 18 incoming (5 hours with stops in France for sleep) to 10:30. France has many bys, fantastic for quiet sleep and also have the services.
Figueres and 'a city that deserves a day of visita.Oltre the Dali museum which is really odd, has a nice center and a Rambla.Sulla rambla recommend Bocciofila style bar, the Cafe Royal, where the friendly manager made us discover beer with orange juice: it seems a couple horrendous but 'really good!

Valencia

In Valencia, we spent all day at the museum of art and science, is so great that 'inevitable lose at least 4 ore.Per what the exposures are honestly things already seen, it is worth visiting the complex displaying the exhibits in Some moments seem to be on the moon, and on a sunny day the white structures and 'blinding! Modernity find that the district has a great harmony with the complex completed.
We regret having left Valencia in the evening because there is also the center were very welcome, full of small squares and typical clubs where rilassarsi.Inoltre garden that moves to Circonvalazione around the center, Jardines del Turia, and 'so full of green not even appear to be in a city and 'nice to see how the Spaniards affollino pleasure and keep clean, to think that there are also free cocorico ...;)

The desert... until Granada!

From there we moved to Valencia to reach the mythical desert ..
460 km divided into 200 at night until about Elche where we stopped to sleep in a motorway, and the other 260 in the morning after.
We made a brief stop in Sorbas and Tabernas, 2 remote villages in this deserto.Ricordano some smaller countries of the south, with people that you look strange and follows you with her eyes when they think they do not vedi.Tutte addobate with traditional decorations using in aldalucia, who are saying that the party and 'ubiquitous even in villages.
Nothing arrived in the desert of this particular fact of arid mountains and sand and vegetation fat, see the first sign that directs us to "Texas Hollywood" one of several places where girarono some spaghetti western.Noi actually tried that on which turned the Sergio Leone films, but only after we discovered that it was not our (then it is good to first learn to know good quel'è the most 'original: al cine study "Texas Hollywood" have filmed several movies like "Indiana Jones" or Lawrence of arabia "then there is the" Minihollywood 'most' recent 'with many reproductions, originale.Poi unless there is a "Western Leone" and certainly that for which it is worth paying 15 euros, where e' was shot the good, the bad and the ugly .. etc etc
. Anyway, after this mini-movie tour, we can 'to go on any road that passes through these rocks scattered in order to feel nothing and hear only endless .. cicadas an unforgettable and unique landscape!
Round and 'lasted until about 13 after which we reached Granada: magnificent!

Granada

The city of a thousand and one night, charm and ancient Arab and enchanted places! No one had ever advised him to go to Granada and had never read that it was a town so beautiful, 2-day visit is sufficient, but you should stay at least one each week to enjoy his angolo.Il camping sierra nevada and 'convenient, clean and well served, with great plots and separated by aiuole.E' 5-10 minutes from downtown by bus 3 or 33, the cost of the ticket and 'to 1.20.
Unfortunately we were not stupidly all'alhambra because we have not booked the tickets before and at 8 am and were finished in August and 'frequente.Ma at least we have seen from the characteristic area of hilly Jun albaicìn.Per return' can not be to move from where narrow streets and 'full of North Africans who have opened a lot of shops cincaglieria typical tea-rooms where smoking is good Narghile and eat their specialty .. seems more' to be in spain ...
The evening and 'get lost in the beautiful squares and streets of the old rich clubs of tapas and beers to 1-2 euro and musicians who sing folk songs of flamengo.

Malaga and even....Torremolinos!

If we go back to delete this experience from our trip and stay one day more 'on Granada.
The center of Malaga and 'pretty nice even though stramegafitto stores we see every day by us.
Unfortunately the best camping 'near and' Torremolinos to a town that is part of that long chain said that cement us in the introduction. It 'sad to come to a camp equipped with hot water, clean, pitch etc etc for only 11 euro and go to one, torremolinos camping, where you simply place under the canopies stuck to other tents without hot water and almost the price of a hotel: 17.50! (for more 'maleducatiiiii only Italians!). In Malaga we can tell only this and the Feria (which will be discussed more 'below) so we returned as a few days dopo.Quindi exclusive to those who like the tranquility of the nature and true fiesta say never and torremolinos costa del sol!

Ronda

Finally we wanted: the Andalucia with a capital A!
This village and 'fantastico.Oltre to have a high bridge that makes it really special, has a vibrant center and a fantastic panorama.
To forget the sad experience of torremolinos, fortunately we find a campsite in the green, quiet, with pool, hot water, clean large plots to 11 euros! Campisite El sur "the most 'close and a few meters from the town From a quincomincia path through the pueblos blanco that is very easy to do in a day but stop serebbe interesting few days in piu '!

Grazalema - Zahara de la sierra - Arcos de la frontera

This tour and 'beautiful and goes through the natural park of Sierra de Grazalema, the village of Grazalema is very nice and is composed of 4 no roads and a square all decorated with lights, ready to celebrate the evening of August! The landscape more' fantastic of all 'Zahara de la sierra another white village perched on a hill from which you can reach the castle from which the lake sight of a color never seen altrove.Arcos de la Frontera and' the least pretty of villages and not seen advise a diversion, among other things the only campsite in which we have fortunately had decided to remain worse than torremolinos perhaps, with many families, rather dirty, all in front of the TV or playing PLAYSTATION! mah .. no point do commenti.Per Fortunately we found a hotellino honest to 35 euros per head ..

2 days in Sevilla

On 16 and 17 we spent in Seville and, unfortunately, that 'was another disappointment in this vacanza.Siviglia unlike what is expected and' center equipped with fredda.Il ok for tourists and full of poor horse rides in the sun for hours, restaurants ok for tourists with photos of the dishes served means full price and more 'high, and a high presence of criminilità that certainly is a big problem for the living, and the filth of conseguenza.Naturalmente there are several places that and 'was good to see the type of plaça espana, plaça of the bull, the streets of the barrio santa cruz the Alcazares and gardens ... but over all these wonders, Seville and not' managed to get in the middle! campsite where we and decided to stay 'on a 15 kw from Seville, Dos Hermanas, not' so uncomfortable but difficult to find then in the direction or Seville or Cadiz exit at km 53 and then ask ...

Costa del Luz - Barbate e Los Canos de Meca

18 and 19 August
This is undoubtedly deserves some giorno.Povera infrastructure, preserve a natural landscape made of hills that provide the backdrop to these mega beach overlooking the ocean! Finally to the sea .. Barbate and 'a model village Cervia, full of families Spanish fairly quiet with many restaurants on the seafront and markets various Hippy come here to seek peace and to sell artigianato.Noi we found a great camping and isolatissimo: "Los Molinos" between the hills of Vejer de la Frontera, a single defect little dirty but with a breathtaking view: 12 per Person! osno many of us camping on the coast certainly for those who like to stay busy.
The beach piu 'bella e' safe to Zahara de los Atunes, long and isolated, which began to be ondon and very large wind .. Even El palmar is not 'male.Los Canos de Meca and' full of stalls of frikkettoni, and 'make us a nice tour..

Tarifa and brief stop in Gibraltar

20 - 21-22
And side ...
A Tarifa we actually spent 3 beautiful giorni.In itself is not very nice country, but 'full of small streets, restaurants, bars, shops, and that' a pleasure to stay and then you see the Africaaaa and 'too charming. .
The camping Tarifa not 'bad but there are many others one after another, a few km away from the country but all on spiaggia.Non and' easy to resist the temptation to buy a kite a bit more 'professional, because with the wind and pull 'a fun, not at random,' the Mecca of surfers and those who practice Kite surfing, and in fact we never have bought a P
Do not miss the sand hill that dominates the plaja de los lances impressionente .. is running on a pile of sand so high, never feeling a proven elsewhere!
Gibraltar there was not much effect if the idea it was another country dummy money to tourists, the only difference being that if the pocketed the inglesi.Le unique emotions?: Passing on the track of air and landing a drunk Guinness in an English pub! ps: The monkeys living on the Upper Rock pensarenno who knows that all the tourists who are ecstatic to get there ..

Feria de Malaga

It is called a long festa.2 full local paths that do no more than paella give free beer to 1 euro jamon ... fantastic! We used the Feast of our festivals or not even know that could mean anything . And they, the Andalusians, argue like crazy, all dressed like local tradition wants, even dogs and neonati.Ogni local music put a ball and everyone knows dancing flamengo! Very few tourists that you almost feel out of place in this .. Surely if an event to be seen ..
nb: Of course, we returned to the campsite torremolinos mica siamo matti .. .. but we found a 2-star hotel just behind the feria "El Romero" 35 euros per head, nice and clean.

Cabo de Gata

24-25-26
This place e 'magnifico! Il piu' bello in assoluto .. San Jose is the largest country, rich and comfortable life for his little square and the seafront, where there are also craft markets here! Di camping there are we chose different than in San Jose although little but excellent! The beach you can not lose and 'la Plaja de los genoveses, a spectacle of nature, to reach the beach you must cross a desert, impressive, and there are even beetles in the sand .. dunette water from the Mediterranean and 'warm and the waves are always piacevoli.Al Cabo de Gata is expected to remain at least a week because there are different paths to do that offer performances ever seen! unfortunately we failed to see many if not the spiaggiette de los Escullos and Isleta de Moor.
A beach that very office and 'favorite by tourists and English' to mojacar.Anche if already out of the cabo de gata worth a detour!
We certainly will return to a '...

Barcelona

27-28-29
And the holiday we decided to conclude this ...
dettaglierò more 'out what we recommend!