Alcalá de Henares to Monasterio de Piedra

This morning before we left Alcalá we went out for a walk so we could see the town without thousands of people. There were still people out and about but things were much quieter. It is a beautiful town!

Plaza de Cervantes

We drove the two and a half hours to Monasterio de Piedra partly on motorway and partly on back roads.

On the backroads

The Monastery we are staying in was fairly recently turned into a hotel and a big nature park.

Outside our room

After we checked in and rested for a while we took a hike in the park. The monastery is on the edge of a gorge that has a river running through it. The grounds have been landscaped and the two and a half mile hike was wonderful.

A view of the monastery from our hike.
Waterfall on the hike
Former trout farm ponds in the canyon below the monastery
The walls of the gorge almost look like southern Utah