Today was our last day together in Spain. Tomorrow Brian and Jo Ann fly home and Duke and I fly to Greece. So today we drove from Tortosa to Barcelona. We couldn’t check into our room until 3 and it’s only a 2 hour drive so I found a hike on AllTrails for us to do on the way.
The trail starts at Ermita Mare de Déu de la Roca. A hermitage on top of a mountain. I didn’t realize that the hermitage was there when I picked the hike so that was a very happy surprise!!
The trail went straight down on cobblestones before essentially leveling out. We planned to go about a mile and then turn around and retrace our steps.
When we got to the turn around point there was a sign that suggested we could actually do a loop so we decided to give it a try. We scrambled up for about a quarter of a mile but as the trail got steeper and less clear we decided the prudent thing to do was to turn around.
When we got back to the trailhead we climbed up to the hermitage and church on top of the rock.
After our hike we drove to our Barcelona hotel. One of the biggest conventions in the world, Mobil Congress, is going on in Barcelona right now and rooms are exorbitantly expensive if not nonexistent. Duke managed to book us a hotel, on the beach in Gava just south of Barcelona El Prat airport. We walked to a nearby restaurant, Torreón for dinner and then walked back along the beach to our hotel as the moon came up.
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this looks like an amazing part of the trip with spectacular views and a beautiful hotel room. I can’t wait to hear about Greece! We loved our 3 weeks in Italy last year and would love to see Norway and Greece, not necessarily in the same trip! More wonderful places to visit!
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Pam, you are right! They are wonderful places to visit!
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