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Day 3. By train to the Ronda Gorge
Our morning began with an early morning stroll around Malaga’s indoor fruit, vegetable, meat and fish market before taking the 10.00 am Renfe Media Distance (MD) train to Ronda. Our train was very comfortable with air conditioning and it was a relaxing journey over to Ronda. The main reason for our visit was to see the…
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Day 4. Seville and the Semana Santa Festival
After breakfast we checked out of our accommodation in Malaga and on the way to the railway station, stopped to take a look in the Malaga indoor market. Here one can buy fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, and fish and it was busy with locals buying their fresh produce. Our train to Seville departed at 10.10…
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Day 5. Sightseeing in Seville
We spent the entire day exploring the beautiful city of Seville. We walked everywhere, and along the riverbank to the Torre del Oro (The Golden Tower). Seville owed much of its success in maritime trade to its river which offered ships more protection than a traditional European port. Built in the 1200’s the tower’s name…
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Day 6. A Day in Cadiz
This morning we boarded a train bound for Cadiz. Trains depart from Seville’s other station, St. Bernardo and the journey takes two hours. Cadiz is the most westerly part of Spain, situated on the Atlantic Ocean. In need of a coffee fix, we found some inviting cafes in the main square overlooking the 18th century baroque…
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Day 7. Sightseeing in Cordoba
It was off to Seville’s main rail station, Santa Justa for the 1 hour 20 minute journey to Córdoba. It was a cool, overcast day, the temperature feeling much lower than in Seville. Cordoba was founded by the Romans and it became a major port city used for shipping olive oil, wine and wheat to…
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Day 8 Seville and its Semana Santa festival
We allowed ourselves a little lie in and it was just after 9.00 am when we were eating breakfast. The day’s plan was to explore Santa Cruz, the former Jewish quarter of the medieval city. This district contains many of the older churches as well as the massive gothic cathedral. It was crowded along the…
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Day 9. From Seville to Malaga
We checked out of our lovely Seville apartment mid morning, and walked along to the Santa Justa station for our train back to Malaga. It was good to be able to spend a few more hours in Malaga, as it’s such an underrated city with most tourists heading off directly from the airport to Marbella…
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Day 1. A weekend in Fuerteventura
It was necessary to get up at 3.30 am as our flight to Fuerteventura was scheduled to depart at 6.20 am. Fortunately we managed to sleep for most of the flight so we arrived feeling refreshed. There was little activity in Fuerteventura Airport and we were soon waiting for a bus to take us to…
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Day 2. A visit to Corralejo
After enjoying a good selection of breakfast dishes we walked along to Caletta’s bus station for a bus to Corralejo in the north of the island. To get there it was necessary to change buses in Puerto Rosario. The journey time was one hour and ten minutes. The landscape was barren and devoid of any vegetation but…
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Day 3. A Day in Caletta de Fusta
After the previous day’s rain, we woke to a warm, sunny morning with no rain clouds in sight. To walk off our large breakfast we strolled along the seafront to its end. Just beyond the Sheraton Hotel we came across a small shopping mall and cinema complex. There was a long jetty to walk along…
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Day 4. Returning home from Fuerteventura
As our flight was not scheduled to depart until 12 noon we had ample time for a leisurely breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant before checking out and walking to the small bus station. The journey took just 20 minutes and the terminal building was considerably busier than when we arrived a few days earlier. As…
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Day 1. A weekend in Mallorca
We had booked an 8.00 am flight to Palma, Mallorcca with Monarch Airlines, so we were up very early to arrive at the airport in good time. We slept for most of the two and a half hour flight and soon found ourselves in Palma airport. We located the bus stop for Palma, Bus…
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Day 2. Exploring Santa Ponca, Mallorca
After a good night’s sleep we enjoyed breakfast on the restaurant terrace overlooking the pool and Santa Ponca bay. We decided to stay local and explore on foot finding a coastal path that led us onto the main beach and around the bay to opposite where we were staying. The path then came to an…
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Day 3. Visiting Port d’Andratx, Mallorca
It was too windy to eat out on the terrace so instead we sat by the window so we could still enjoy the view. Afterwards, we walked down the hill into Santa Ponca and caught a bus along the coast to Port D’Andratx. The journey took 40 minutes passing through the resorts of Pegeura…
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Day 4. Palma, Mallorca
We woke to clear blue skies and warm sunshine so we were able to linger over our breakfast on the hotel’s restaurant terrace. Afterwards, we spent a leisurely couple of hours relaxing on our balcony enjoying the views of Santa Ponca bay for one last time. We checked out of our hotel at noon and caught…
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Day 1. A weekend in Madrid
We took the car to Manchester Airport, leaving home mid morning and as we were quite early we decided to stop for lunch at the Trafford Centre (Shopping Mall) which is north of the airport. Feeling refreshed, we continued onto the Boundary Farm long stay car park which is literally at the end of…
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Day 2. Exploring Madrid
We woke to the sounds of heavy rain which continued until mid afternoon. Whilst eating breakfast we heard on the news that the UK was experiencing a mini heatwave and a Spanish plume was over the country. Let’s hope Spain gets its sunshine back soon! Our morning sightseeing began sheltering under umbrellas outside the…
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Day 3. Visiting Toledo from Madrid
After breakfast we took the metro from Principe Pio to Plaza Eliptica where express coaches to Toledo depart from. The journey in a very comfortable air conditioned coach took 50 minutes and terminated just outside the old town. There are signposts to a series of internal escalators which lead into the old town and…
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Day 4. Visiting Segovia from Madrid
After breakfast we took the metro from Principe Pio to Moncloa where direct coaches leave for Segovia. These are operated by La Sepulvedena. We arrived at the ticket kiosk at 9.15 am planning to buy tickets for the 9.45 am service but we were advised that this was already full and we would have to…
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Day 5. Visiting Avila from Madrid
This morning we took the metro to the railway station at Chamartin. Here we bought return tickets to Avila. Our train took 90 minutes and only made one stop along the way. Avila is a medieval town lying 70 miles north west of Madrid, its imposing city walls comprise 8 gates, 88 watchtowers and 2500…
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