Coast of Death – Day 8 (part 2)
After passing the Arnela cove, there is rugged section of coast and our route follows the cliffs along this rocky shore for 3km to the Cabo de la Nave, with its tall antennae on the hilltop. From Arnela, the path moves out onto the headland and starts to ascend. The...
Bewitching Benasque
There are few better towns for an evening stroll than Benasque. Its historic heart is built from stone and wood. The streets are cool at the height of summer, and the thick walls of homes keep out the cold during winter. Situated towards the end of a long, wide valley...
Morella – high and mighty
Enemy soldiers approaching Morella in centuries past would have trembled at the sight of this fortified town. If they managed to breach the towering walls, then surely the castle on the cone of rock at its centre would prove impregnable. However, despite its fearsome...
Morella’s castle – a climb through the ages
The castle towers over the town, standing on top of the hill that Morella is built on. Impossible to ignore, it demands to be visited. The conical rock formation provided a natural fortress for Bronze and Iron age settlers. It was the Romans, the Visigoths, the Moors...
A walk around the walls
Morella’s walls completely encircle the town, measuring some 2.5km in length. These formidable defences are between 10 and 15 metres high and two metres thick. With 10 towers at strategic points, there are seven gates to enter the town. Constructed in the 1300s,...
Diana does it again; prolific turtle lays more eggs
Diana the loggerhead turtle has returned to Denia to lay eggs for the fourth time this summer. The Xaloc association labelled it an ‘extraordinary occurrence’. “It’s a real milestone for the conservation of the loggerhead turtle in the Valencia...
Privileged views of Pyrenees glaciers
Special cameras have been set up to view the glaciers of Aneto and Monte Perdido in the Pyrenees. Free to use, these fantastic windows over two of the most dramatic mountain landscapes in Spain allow users to gaze upon areas which they may have only dreamed of...
Mar Menor wins UN recognition
The initiative to reverse the decline of the Mar Menor has been recognised by the United Nations. Yesterday (Wednesday) the project was named as one of three World Restoration Flagships for this year at the Oceans Conference in Nice. These garlands are awarded for...
Big, beautiful bird bids to beat extinction threat
A conservation effort to save a ‘giant’ species of grouse from extinction in the Cantabrian mountains is having some success. The Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) can be found in high mountain forests in two areas in the north of Spain. The population in...
Lynx cubs born in the wild in Murcia
Two Iberian lynx cubs have been born in Murcia, the first since the reintroduction programme of the large cat began in the region at the beginning of 2023. “This is a historic moment in the conservation of this emblematic species, which comes just two years...
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