A relaxing visit to Hammam Al Ándalus is one of the best things to do in Córdoba, after a busy day sightseeing. If you’re anything like me you’ll clock up thousands of steps exploring the city so ninety minutes of pure relaxation in a traditional hammam is just the ticket. A brief history of hammams […]
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The Mezquita, or Mosque-Cathedral, in Córdoba is one of Spain’s most iconic landmarks with its blend of Islamic and Christian influences. The word iconic is bandied about a lot in travel blogging but this is one of those places where it’s absolutely the right word to use. In this guide, I’ve covered everything you need
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Day eleven on the Camino Portugués already and if you’re here to find out what it’s like to walk from Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis and what you can expect in terms of terrain, scenery, and places to stop and have a rest then you’re out of luck. If, however, you want to know what
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Day ten on the Camino Portugués between Redondela and Pontevedra is one that I walked on my first Camino back in 2022 when I took the Central route from Porto, so I was interested to see if there had been (m)any changes. It had been one of my favourite stages – would that be the
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Day nine on the Camino Portugués between Vigo and Redondela was much shorter than the previous stage which we were grateful for as the rain that had started as we arrived in Vigo had got significantly worse! Day Nine: Vigo to RedondelaDate: Monday 7 October 2024Start Point: B&B Hotel, VigoEnd Point: El Piso de la
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Cádiz sits on a narrow peninsula jutting into the Atlantic Ocean at the northern tip of the Costa de la Luz. With a population of around 110,000, Cádiz is the capital of the Andalucian province that shares its name. Despite what many people believe, Cádiz isn’t an island but, being surrounded by water on
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Day eight on the Camino Portugués between Baiona and Vigo was going to be our longest walk of the whole Camino. Would we manage the entire stage without needing to pull on our wet weather gear? Read on to find out!! As with the stage between Esposende and Viana do Castelo the Senda Litoral and
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Day seven on the Camino Portugués between Oia and Baiona was a short, fairly easy walk but it was a very very wet one! You’d think we’d be getting used to all the rain by now. At the end of this stage it also meant that we’d now officially passed the halfway point of our
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Day six on the Camino Portugués between Caminha and Oia and it was time to leave Portugal behind and cross to Spain for the remainder of the Camino. It seemed that we’d barely spent any time in Portugal and we were already almost at the halfway point of our journey. Day Six: Caminha to OiaDate:
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Day five on the Camino Portugués between Viana do Castelo to Caminha was an improvement on day four’s wet and wild weather although you wouldn’t really have guessed that when we first set off. We’d decided again to take the Senda Litoral and stay as close to the coast as possible rather than take the
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