Ancient Castle

Hontanas to Itero de la Vega - 21 km

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June 22nd 2015
After a good evening in Hontanas, we took off for Itero de la Vega the next morning. The walk began very pleasant - dotted with some beautiful little villages and interesting old buildings. While the majority of the first 1/2 of the hike was relatively flat, we did come up against a rather long hill that had a 12% grade going up,and an 18% grade going down. While this would have been daunting (and ... read more

Europe » Spain

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more