spain

In mid-November it is already cold and miserable in Switzerland and we long for nothing more than a warm and cozy hibernation in the south. We quickly cross France and reach Spain on the third day after Departure for Morocco (2.1). It is a delight and we thoroughly enjoy the much higher temperatures and the good weather as soon as we reach the Mediterranean Sea.

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For now, our Spain Discovery will be limited to the coasts along the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic. Enchanted by the beautiful Costa Brava we purposely skip Barcelona and are heading directly towards our first milestone visit in Valencia. Our focus is on the City of Arts and Sciences. Architect Santiago Calatrava's marvelous work offers unlimited photo opportunities not only for architectural photographers.

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Our journey continuous on the Costa Blanca, but soon we drive up to the first mountain range behind the coast line. The scenery keeps changing frequently and while looking for some offroad opportunites Across Indian Gorge to Pirate Beach (2.2) we can't help resting in this beautiful nature for several days. Whether feeling ourselves as adventurous Indians in the bizarre landscape behind Alicante or as stranded Pirates on the turquoise shores of the Coasta Almeria, we start to fall in love with Spain and its stunning nature and warm climate.
 

We love to alternate between beach and mountains, hence as soon as we reach Andalusia we explore Europe's only desert in Tabernas. You don't need a lot of imagination to understand why the Spaghetti Western have found the perfect film location here. After a little detour to probably one of the best Spanish offroad tracks at the Gorafe Desert and the high mountain crossing of the Sierra Nevada we are now sure that Andalusia surprises, WOW (2.3).

Also the second part of Spain on our way back from Morocco pleases us exceedingly well. The Return trip along the Atlantic Coast (2.11) leads us through Galicia with stops in Santiago de Compostella, the Northernmost tip of Iberia and finally Bilbao.