- Time of past OR future Camino
- Some in the past; more in the future!
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Thank you!Wonderful/ fabulous photos from fabulous / wonderful Toledo!
The more you travel, the more you realise how much more there is to see, right?Oh, Zaragoza is on my list!And I like the sound of Camino del Ebro.
@jungleboy I can see already this camino cities exercise is going to make future choices even more difficult! The list in my head is getting very long!
Ah … that would be a ‘YES’ I think.I wonder if I've just talked myself into going back to Toledo en route to the camino this year?!
I have been ‘threatening’ to walk the Mozárabe for a few years now but it hasn’t worked out yet. Maybe next year!Ah you’ve done it again @jungleboy We began our Camino Mozarabe in Granada in April 2015Would love to walk that path again.
Sounds magical! I didn’t include this photo in the series because I’d put it on Instagram before but I remember similar views and indulgences!On a non-Camino related visit to Granada, my wife and I had a wonderful dinner overlooking the Alahambra (like the view from the last picture). We sat on the terrace watched the sunset, ate, and drank. It was a perfect last night of our trip. I think they call these houses with restaurants "Carmens".
Thank you!@jungleboy : what a wonderful thread! Thanks for sharing.
It's coming to this series next week!I want to add Caceres as a travel suggestion.
On the Via de la Plata but we visited the town as regular tourists.
Now there’s a question. So many wonderful cities to choose from. I don’t know that I can settle on just one.what is your favourite Spanish city?
Access is from the garden. We stumbled across them by accident and were glad that we did!I do not remember seeing the baths pictured above ... next time.
Your photo, @jungleboy , is better than mineThank you all for your nice comments!
Access is from the garden. We stumbled across them by accident and were glad that we did!
Yours probably more accurately represents the colours though! I zoomed in to capture the lit up parts and this created the orange effect that is a bit surreal. But I really like it anyway
Me too. I'm all for a touch of surrealism. Why not! With my small camera, I'm a point and shoot kinda gal - so focus can be a challenge!!this created the orange effect that is a bit surreal. But I really like it anyway
Seville is definitely in my list of favourite Spanish cities, and as @anamcara wrote, I would add many more. In particular Oviedo and San Sebastian.Seville is also my favourite city in Spain for its combination of historical sites and magical atmosphere! Do you agree or, if not, what is your favourite Spanish city?
That's a wonderful view and one that I don't think I've seen myself. Usually I tend to just 'think away' the cathedral part of the Mezquita!It's when you climb the Torre Campanario, previously a minaret, that you see how the cathedral bursts out of the mezquita.
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There I had talked myself out of visiting Girona if I ever walk the Cami Catalan, thinking to go off piste straight west between Figueres and Olot, then onward to Vic. Hmmm. This post gives me serious second thoughts.Here are a few of the jewels of Girona:
Thank you!I just stumbled into this thread - wow, @jungleboy!
You may be changing some camino plans with these wonderful posts.
I just spent a day there once while staying in Barcelona and it was 10+ years ago now so I don't remember a huge amount, but the Banys Àrabs were worth the visit all by themselves.There I had talked myself out of visiting Girona if I ever walk the Cami Catalan, thinking to go off piste straight west between Figueres and Olot, then onward to Vic. Hmmm. This post gives me serious second thoughts.
I considered Oviedo and Lugo for this series but I don't feel as though I have a good enough selection of photos of either place. I haven't been to the other three yet, but maybe one day there'll be a part 2 of this series and I will have seen them by then!Here are some requests for future travels: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Oviedo, A Coruña, Lugo, and ... Soria. I have bever been to Soria, but several people whose opinions I admire sing its praises.
Zamora is definitely on the 'save' list. We've been to several of the highlight destinations on the VdlP (Sevilla, Mérida, Cáceres) but not Zamora, so we need to save something for if/when we walk it!Wow, jungleboy, what a wonderful idea. Zamora may be too far out of the way, but it’s a quick jump from Salamanca. How can you pass up a city with 24 romanesque churches? But if Wendy hasn’t been there, then save it for later. It’s really a beautiful little city.
I hadn't heard of either place but I'll look into it, thanks!The monastery of San Frutos is one of those spectacular monasteries on a cliff over a horseshoe bend on a river, but unlikely to be on any sort of public transportation from Segovia. It’s very close to the well-preserved/somewhat touristy town of Sepúlveda, which must have public transit from Segovia (so you could probably get to San Frutos from there). Sepúlveda is very nice and has its share of romanesque and pretty plazas and preserved buildings, but it’s not in the category of monumental cities like those you have listed.
Soria is way out of tbe way, but easy to get to from Madrid. I'd love to know what you make of it. You could make a grand arc, starting there.Does anyone have any other suggestions for places to visit in this region that are accessible by public transport?
Unfortunately that is a bit too far out of the way for this time! And we'll save it for the Castellano-Aragonés, which we almost managed to fit in this year but it wasn't to be.Soria is way out of tbe way, but easy to get to from Madrid. I'd love to know what you make of it. You could make a grand arc, starting there.
In all Spain.I would like to experience Semana Santa in Seville sometime. I thought this type of dress etc. was only in the south ~Andalucia. What regions celebrate with the pasos and capirote?
Thank you!Your picture of the busker is extraordinary. The composition, the colours … there is great beauty in simplicity.
You were walking down into the snowstorm?!We arrived to a snowstorm!
Thank you, and not quite, I took some ‘artistic license’ with that sentence. It was clear, but cold, on the day we walked into Segovia and the snow came during our rest day the next day. The mountain pass:Beautiful photos, as usual @jungleboy! Especially the one you just posted.
You were walking down into the snowstorm?!
Eek. The pass must have been Antarctic.
It sounds absolutely wonderful.It was clear, but cold, on the day we walked into Segovia and the snow came during our rest day the next day.
One of my top 5 all-time days on camino!It sounds absolutely wonderful.
We'll find out next year when we walk from Lisbon to Santiago, hopefully! Thank you @jungleboy !In my view, the Convento do Cristo is the single most impressive historic site on the entire camino from Lisbon to Santiago. What do you think
Oh that's great! Hopefully we can meet in Lisbon if the dates work out.We'll find out next year when we walk from Lisbon to Santiago, hopefully! Thank you @jungleboy !
Obrigadíssimo Albertinho!This is a nice initiative from you boy of the jungle
it is hardly possible to make a choice .
Spain has such beautiful places . Most of them I recognize on your pictures
i can’t say this or this city.
Toledo, Sevilla ,Cáceres Salamanca Avila Madrid Lisboa Tomar etc etc
I love this thread
I would definitely stay more than one night here!an important pilgrim stop on the Caminho Português
I highly recommend it! There is really a lot to see. The monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova (which contains Queen Isabel's tomb) is outside the city on the way into town right on the camino, so you can visit that while walking. Two other religious complexes I recommend visiting are Santa Clara-a-Velha and Santa Cruz, as well as the university library (Biblioteca Joanina), the most famous library in Portugal. And the churches, and wandering around the old town, and eating and drinking...I would definitely stay more than one night here!
That monastery also has an albergue in it. But it seems to have taken a marked downward turn on gronze. Consistently good evaluations in 2018 turned into negative ones in 2019, though the sampling is small. Nothing recent, but it does seem to be open.The monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova (which contains Queen Isabel's tomb) is outside the city on the way into town right on the camino,
Thank you for your kind words! Unfortunately I don't have many people photos from these places, as in Europe I focus more on architecture/nature - the busker was a bit of an exception.@jungleboy, I am really enjoying these photos. Here is my suggestion for a new thread once you are done with this one — Camino Cities part 2. Go back through the same cities in the same order and post “normal people” photos (like the busker photo from Cáceres). I am sure they will be just as wow-inducing as these more monumental shots.
Don’t get me wrong, I am enjoying all of them, but I just wanted to make sure you know you have plenty of other options to while away the time.
Thank you @jungleboy !That’s the end of our camino cities series for now. Later this week a new adventure begins!
Thank you.That’s the end of our camino cities series for now. Later this week a new adventure begins!
Thank you! And me tooThe photo of São Frutuoso is wonderful (the older the building, the more I like it).
It’s just a little taster walkI guess we will have to wait to see where you have decided to begin your adventure!
Wherever it is...bom caminho, buen camino, and bon chemin!
Thank you! And the new adventure is underway - the Rota Vicentina!Thank you again for sharing your beautiful photos with us. Best wishes for your next new adventure.
Granada was so beautiful. Apart from the Alhambra, the other highlights for me was the baths (3 different water temperature and the best Turkish massage ever, my skin had never felt so smooth afterwards), and the dinner with flamenco dance…Today’s camino city is Granada! One of the most famous places in Andalucía and all of Spain, Granada can be reached on pilgrimage on the Almería branch of the Camino Mozárabe.
For visitors, Granada is dominated by Spain’s most visited attraction: the fabulous 13th-14th century Alhambra palace-fortress. The Alhambra is also the subject of all three photos in this post. For those who have visited Granada, what are your memories apart from the Alhambra?
And now, on to the photos!
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The incredibly intricate halls of the Court of the Lions. According to Wikipedia, ‘the halls feature some of the most elaborate and sophisticated muqarnas vaults in the Islamic world.’
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The famous Fountain of the Lions. The first time I visited the Alhambra, in 2007, the lions had been removed for restoration. The second time I visited, in 2018, the restoration was complete and it was great to have something ‘new’ to see and to be able to take this photo.
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The fabulous view of the Alhambra from the Mirador de San Nicolas.
Love Coimbra so much. They have a different kind of Fado than Lisbon and I actually prefer this! Went to watch a performance by Fado Ao Centro and later that evening, outside this building, the streets and steps became a stage! People would sit on restaurant/bar tables or on the steps and watch beautiful music in beautiful setting.Today’s camino city is Coimbra! This one-time capital of Portugal is still the country’s main university town and is an important pilgrim stop on the Caminho Português, with several impressive medieval monuments.
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The magnificent Romanesque Sé Velha (Old Cathedral) dates from the 12th century, when Coimbra was the capital of the nascent kingdom of Portugal.
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A Gothic arch in the 14th-century Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha. This monastery was founded by Queen Isabel, herself a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago.
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Leaving Coimbra at dawn and passing the 12th-13th century church of Santiago.
Revisit Salamanca, as we just spent a few hours there on the way home from the Camino de Madrid, which was not long enough and we were too tired to appreciate it anyway.
That proposed trip in Spain this spring was a bit frivolous so I didn’t end up doing it. Making up for it with more walking now though!I can’t find that you went to Salamanca, am I looking in the wrong place?
My question: If this was started back in March, how am I just seeing this thread now??!Today’s camino city is Zaragoza! The capital of Aragon is also one of the highlights of the Camino del Ebro, which begins on the Mediterranean coast at Deltebre and joins the Camino Francés in Logroño.
Zaragoza was founded by the Roman emperor Augustus and named for himself as Caesaraugusta, from which the modern name derives. Over the centuries it has been home to different religions and architectural styles, as these images show.
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The 17th-century baroque church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar as night falls on Zaragoza.
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The beautiful 11th-century Aljafería is Spain's finest Islamic monument outside Andalucía.
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Mudéjar architecture from the 14th century on one of the outer walls of La Seo, the cathedral of Zaragoza.
Have you been to Zaragoza and if so, what are your memories of it?
And you call this your Zaragoza story!My Zaragoza story (bear with me)
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