On Sunday
morning we walked into the Tourist Office and I asked for hiking maps of the
surrounding area with broken Spanish. I was successful and we were given four
different maps for varied levels of hiking. We picked the most challenging one,
of course, although the ‘challenge’ only included about 500m ascent and 12km
distance a loop to Puig de Cadiretes. Easy peasy. Here’s our route.
The ‘path’
was the widest and most obvious path I can imagine. It looked like somebody
went around the hills with a bulldozer and cut the path out. We really didn’t
have to worry about getting lost.
It was great
to be in the hills again. Some photos from the hike.
:-)
A great
viewpoint or ‘mirador’.
The summit.
We found a cool tree house but we weren’t allowed to go up. Boo.
Amongst the
rocks we found many little nativity scenes, wonder why.
No, not that
way.
Some of the bark
on the trees was curiously cut off at the bottom. We found these throughout the
walk. I’m sure there’s a reason.
During the
walk we realised that only tourists hike in the hills. A simple ‘walk’ is not
enough for the Spanish. They either cycle, or run(!) or motorcycle or quad
around the hills. They know how to live!
The way back
was a bit annoying as the path was steep and very slippery on the dirt so we
had to be careful walking on it.
When we got
back to the town we had to go through this playground. It was awesome, we had
great fun trying out all the ‘toys’.
The
separation of Catalonia is enthusiastically supported here as well.
It was a
lovely but quite short walk so when we got back we had a look at the bit of the
Camino Ronda that runs through Tossa del Mar. We walked out of the town and
slowly walked back on the path. The view was spectacular!
It was a
lovely day full of nice walks and great scenery.
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