Photos from touring in Spain June 2013
The first ones are of while we were at Piedrahita but the weather was no good for flying.After that we travelled to Barcelona and the photos are of this trip
Avila (Thursday 6th June)
Avila (Thursday 6th June)
Salamanca (Friday 7th June).
This is the main town square: Plaza Mayor
This is the main town square: Plaza Mayor
Salamanca (Friday 7th June)
A view of the inside of the new Cathedral
A view of the inside of the new Cathedral
Salamanca (Friday 7th June)
Guijuelo (Saturday 8th June)
Guijuelo (Saturday 8th June) Ham, Salami and wine tasting.
Annette with Steve and Puri's huge dog.
Segovia's impressive Roman aqueduct.
Segovia's impressive Roman aqueduct.
Segovia's fairy tale like castle, supposedly the one Disney modelled his castle on. We walked from the aqueduct through the beautiful old town to this impressive castle.
Segovia's castle from the hill near where we ate lunch
A panorama of Segovia with the castle and the cathedral. Behind the mountains still have patches of snow.
Picos de Europa National Park information centre.
Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
Cares Gorge in the Picos de Europa
Cares Gorge in the Picos de Europa
Cares Gorge in the Picos de Europa
Cave Art at Altamira Cave near Santillana del Mar. We only saw the replica cave. It is famous as the first prehistoric paintings found in Europe (about 1880). The paintings were done between 18,000 and 13,000 years ago!
The walk we took near our camp in Lumbier through an impressive canyon: Foz de Lumbier
A narrow and thundering whitewater gorge: Garganta de Ventamillo
A Paragliding village we happened upon. With at least 3 flying schools/tandem operations. There are gliders in the sky in the photo. Castillo de Sos
Sort: slalom course
Pyrenees view where we stopped for dinner between Sort and La Seu
The Artificial Slalom cpurse used for the 1992 Olympic in Le Seu d'Urgell
Our camp in Andorra on Saturday morning (15th June). On the ski slope at Coll de la Botella
Andorra and a glacial cirque, in this case Grau Roig
Bike sign coming up the pass towards France.
Andorra, driving into Pas de la Casa. A ski resort come tax free shopping over-development about a kilometre before the French border
The beach front in Barcelona
Sagrada Familia
Sagrada Familia
a view of Barcelona from the top of the Park Guell.
A typical Gaudi creation… at Park Guell: The porters house to the left and the reception hose to the right, with the city behind.
A typical Gaudi creation… at Park Guell: a ceiling decoration in tiles
The church of Santa Maria del Mar, said to be the most beautiful church in Barcelona. It was certainly not ostentatious or over done.