Working our way further west to Sevilla both the towns of Ronda and Setenil came into focus. They had been brought to my attention by other travellers and joined the army of little red tags (points of interest) on my google map of Spain. Ronda had some nice van parking where there was nothing of…

After 4 days in Granada we felt like it was time for some activity in nature again, so we headed west to El Torcal. All we knew was that it involved mountains, weird rock formations and plenty of hiking trails.  As so often google maps routed us along the most inconvenient road for a large…

We had to kill some time over Christmas and new year as there were no tickets to the Alhambra available before the Spanish festive season is over after the 6th of January. We arrived on the 6th and but it was a miserable rainy day and our parking had no public transport anywhere close, so…

Having some more days to waste before our appointment in the Alhambra in Granada we headed to Gorafe following rumours of crazy desert landscapes and stone age graves. The stone aged graves as well the actual town of Gorafe did not attract our attention for very long. Gorafe lies deep down in the gorge of…

I had heard enough about it to contemplate giving it a miss but then again it was the silly season, almost new year and we needed a place to hang out, avoid the crowds (krauts?) fill batteries, fresh water, hot showers & so on, so we went to Tabernas anyway. The Tabernas Desert is the…