Spain 2017
May 26 - June 11
Sevilla - Carmona - Osuna - Alomodvar del Rio - Cordoba - Ronda -
Zahara de la Sierra - Arcos de la Frontera - Vejer de la Frontera - Cadiz - Sevilla
Sevilla, May 26
Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
Giralda tower and Cathedral
The tower is originally built as a minaret during the Moorish period
flamenco
Triana district on the other side of the river
view from Torre del Oro
Plaza de Toros (bull filghting arena)
Tapas from La Antigua Abaceria
Plaza de España
nachos for Johan
paella for Weiwei
The Alcázar royal palace
baños doña Maria de Padilla
city of elegantly dressed people
The small terrace of our apartment
procession in Triana
May 28, Camora parador hotel
bull fighting arena of Osuna
the arena of Osuna is a location in The Games of Thrones
(She is a big fan)
lunch in Osuna
The castle of Almodovar del Rio (near Cordoba)
we climbed all towers
small dinner in our (Airbnb) apartment in Cordoba
Mezquita Mosque-Catedral of Cordoba
A Mosque during the Muslim period starting from 786
Catholic temple from 1146 on
Cordoba
lunch with typical Cordoban food at Plaza de la Corredera
Puente Romano
Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos
Statues of the monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand
with Columbus as he prepared to take his first voyage to the Americas.
picnic lunch
Nissan Qashqai rental car
Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería, Ronda
Ronda
Chinese restaurant Hola in Ronda
today is the Dragon Boat Festival
smurfs from my childhood visiting the blue village Juzcar
Puerta de Almocábar, south entrance of Ronda
Puente Nuevo
dance class
June 1, Zahara de la Sierra
Arcos de la Frontera
ordering cakes from Convento de la Encarnación
(All the sweets are elaborated with our hands)
Vejer de la Frontera
hiking along the coast, starting in Los Caños de Meca
Torre Tavira
in
Cadiz
The Camera Obscura of Torre Tavira
projects an image on a white concave horizontal screen, like on a table,
which is situated in the centre of completely darkened, black painted room.
Castillo de San Sebastián, Cadiz
Hotel Oromana in Alcalá de Guadaíra
Weiwei goes back to Holland, June 3
I travel to the South-East of Spain
Castle and Parador hotel of Jaén
Jaen is World Capital of Olive Oil
because it is the biggest producer of the oil
Regañas, Andalusian flatbread
olives...
Embalse de Negratin
Ojo de la heredad, at cerro Jabalcón
(ojo = eye, cerro = mountain)
Emblase de la Bolera
hiking to Atalaya del Infante Don Enrique
Cazorla
June 5, first part of La Ruta Don Quijote
Castillo de Calatrava la Nueva - San Carlos del Valle - Villanueva de los Infantes -
Alcaraz - Ruidera - Castillo Peñarroya - Argamasilla de Alba
Castillo de Calatrava la Nueva y Sacro Convento
Part one (464 pages) and two (503 pages)
books I have used for planning the trip
Man of La Mancha, musical movie (1972) with Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren
Lost in La Manch, documentary (2002) about Terry Gilliam's doomed attempt
to get his film, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Spanish comic edition, bought in Aranjuez
Plaza Mayor of San Carlos del Valle
Plaza Mayor of Villanueva de los Infantes
Alcaraz
Lagunas de Ruidera
Castillo Peñarroya
Plaza Alonso Quijano, Argamasilla de Alba
Alonso Quijano is the personal name of the famous fictional hidalgo or
knight better known as Don Quijote, the leading character of the novel Don
Quijote de la Mancha, written by Miguel de Cervantes.
At the other side of the square is a statue of Cervantes
Museo Casa De Medrano (unfortunately closed on Monday).
The Medrano Cave can be found here, where Cervantes was held prisoner.
Legend has it that he started to write the adventures of Don Quixote here.
Jun 6, second day of La Ruta Don Quijote
Belmonte - Mota del Cuervo - El Toboso - Campo de Criptana - Alcázar de San
Juan - Puerto Lápice - Consuegra - Tembleque - Castillo Almonacid de Toledo
Belmonte castle, location for the battle with the knights of the mirrors
Mota del Cuervo (seven windmills)
Dulcinea House-Museum in El Toboso
Home to Quixote’s idealised lady, Dulcinea de El Toboso.
Once lived in by a possible model for her: Aldonza Lorenzo de El Toboso
Plaza Juan Carlos I, El Toboso with statues of Don Quixote and Dulcinea
door curtain
Campo de Criptana, ten windmills
Plaza España, Alcázar de San Juan
Venta del quijote, Puerto Lápice
This roadside inn is said to be where Quixote was knighted.
Don Quixote confuses it for a castle.
Upstairs is an exhibition on Quixote, with reproductions of illustrations
by artists such as Picasso, Dali and Cocteau.
Plaza Constitución, Puerto Lápice
Windmills of Consuegra
groups of seven and five on both sides of a castle
fighting the giants/windmills
Plaza Mayor, Tembleque
Castillo Almonacid de Toledo
The last part of today: dinner near Toledo and sleeping in Esquivias.
Street names in Esquivias
Miguel de Cervante´s House-Museum, Esquivias
Doña Catalina de Palacios at Plaza España, the wife of Cervantes,
was born in Esquivias, they got married here in 1584
Cervantes at Plaza Mayor, Esquivias
June 7, Esquivias - Ucles - Alarcon - Cuenca
enormous monastery of Ucles
Alarcon castle, a parador hotel
Cuenca, the Casas Colgadas (hanging houses)
Cuenca
Parador hotel (foreground) and Casas Colgadas behind it somewhere in the middle
June 8, one of the most beautiful routes in Spain
I did this in 2005 in the other direction. With many nice stops.
Albarracin and Las murallas de Albarracín
hiking along the wall
Santuari de la Balma
The CBC is a museum devoted to the spanish film maker Luis Buñuel
in his birth place Calanda ( 1900 - 1983, Mexico City)
June 9, from Aragon to Catalunya
Salvador Dali Statue, Cadaques
Salvador Dali house, Port Lligat (next to Cadaques)
Salvador Dali, found his inspiration here at the Cap de Creus Natural Park
Salvador Dali theatre museum, Figueres
bread shapes
Figueres
Cadillac, Salvador Dali theatre museum, Figueres
June 10, visiting the museum
12th-century Romanesque bridge over the Fluvià river in Besalu
Barcelona Airport, seen from my last hotel
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