Author: stig

5/4 It had rained at night and the sky looked a little threatening. After an hour of walking, the rain began. The rain pants came on and the iphone hidden away. Virtually no pictures today. Sad, because the landscape was beautiful and varied. Roman stone walls along the path and surrounding fields. Embalse de Alcántaral,… Continue reading Casar de Cáceres – Cañaveral

4/4 Valdesalor is a nice little village. Houses only for residential use, except for a mini mercado and two bars. In the morning it’s cold as in cold. The weather-app says 3 degrees. There is a two hours boring walk to Cáceres. The museo there was definitely the visit worth. It was easy to get… Continue reading Valdesalor – Casar de Cáceres

3/4 The albergue in early morning light. It’s actually rather cold, 5 degree, I think. On the route there was more of those miliary stone. They are placed along Roman roads to indicate the distances each thousand passus (double steps). This Roman mile is approximately 1 480 meters. We have sun, blue sky and 17… Continue reading Alcuéscar – Valdesalor

2/4 Heavy fog is promised all morning. From Aljucén, I walk the beautiful and lonely almost 20 km to Alcuéscar, partly through the Natural Park of Cornalvo. The road is ascending slowly from 200 m to 500 m. Near the top, around noon, the fog is finally disappeared. In Alcuéscar the only albergue is Convento… Continue reading Aljucén – Alcuéscar

1/4 Today I pass through the Roman aqueduct of Los Milagros, at the exit of Mérida, and the Roman dam of Proserpina. The day passes largely by dirt roads between forest and Mediterranean scrub: Then I’m in Aljucén. My albergue is very close to the (big) church. And now earth and sky are in one,… Continue reading Mérida – Aljucén