Walking Spain

Today was another absolutely spectacular day. The sights were marvellous, probably the most dramatic sights I’ve seen so far on this walk. I was again travelling out from north to south and this time I was going uphill and on the way back from south to north I was going downhill. The path is easy…

During this stage, you go through the middle of infinite ravines in an extremely wild and lonely landscape. The desolate, harsh countryside and the scarcity of arable flat areas have made it one of the loneliest and most unpopulated areas in the entire province of Valencia. In any case, it is a delight to be…

Today’s walk was incredible. The area is so amazing, lots of “barrancos”, in other words, lots of gorges. Nature is very well preserved in this area. Nature seems to be pristine clean, it’s really fantastic. Today, I did the walk from north to south. The logical way I suppose would be to do it from…

Today’s stage from Casas de Benalí  to La Muela (Quesa) is a bit boring because the path is really a large unpaved road. The scenery is great, a bit of an eyesore some of the windmills (wind turbines) that you can see in the distance but we need the energy that they generates so can’t…

Today was an interesting day, it had all sorts of ingredients that made the walk extremely varied and it had its challenges as well. It starts off gently the walk and I started on the CV 590 I think it was 32.7 kilometres down that road. From the starting point, you go through first a…

This stage I did from north to south. In other words, I started at the end of the stage as it was easier logistically speaking. I started the route on the CV-590, km 32.7 (next to a signpost clearly indicating we were on the GR7), visiting the following places (within the area of Enguera): Serra…

The walk today was absolutely brilliant. You walk up the bed of a stream/river, up the Barranco de Boquella and well it’s incredibly beautiful because there are steep red rusty coloured walls to this gorge. In the walls of the gorge, you occasionally see caves and I have to stress how absolutely beautiful this valley/gorge…

The stage runs almost entirely over the Sierra Grossa, which is part of the Baetic system, nearly 600 kms long, the largest system of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. The main highlight of the day is the ascent up to the castle (not much left of the castle), but it has magnificent views of…

The stage begins at Fuente de la Morera which is just off the local road CV655 and about 12 km from Ontinyent. Nearby there is a Hermitage / Ermita of the same name. It is really a full-blown church. Below is a photo (and a video) of the place as it is quite interesting. Fuente…

This stage starts on a paved road until you get to the Hermitage of Santo Cristo. Soon, after this, the tarmac ends. You continue along a dirt road with several crossroads, but they are well signposted, until we turn left onto a path that leads us downhill to the Fuente (fountain) de Ballester. Nice place…