Blogs from Olite, Navarre, Spain, Europe

Day 12 Olite to Tiermas We started the day with a walk around the town, it's much quieter this morning, the revelers must still be in bed, or church. The castle looks as if it could be from a fairytale, with its pretty turrets. It was the home if the Royal family of this area in the 1500's. The walled town around it us made up if churches, set in squares with narrow cobbled streets joining them. We're low on food but it's Sunday, the supermarkets aren't open, so when we found a small general store I popped in to buy food for the day. Back at Dream Catcher we plan a scenic drive to take us east further into the mountains. The route passed by rows of grapes all dark purple and waiting to be ... read more

About 40 minutes drive from Pamplona is the medieval town of Olite. On the way there you pass some lovely rural scenery and, if you stop in the right place, you can see an old Roman aquaduct which is almost complete. Olite itself is tiny but beautiful. It's main feature is its restored castle. We spent a good few hours exploring the different rooms, towers and turrets. The views are amazing too with a full 360 degree panorama of the surrounding countryside stretching out before your eyes. The windfarms and vineyards are everywhere. After a morning in the castle we had lunch and then found the wine museum. It looks promising but on a Sunday it closes at 2pm and doesn't re-open. Oh well, we'll just have to go back another time. As far as day ... read more