Trip to France/Spain

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WEEK 5

Spent our last day on the Ebre Delta cycling and getting lost! The distance between places on the map is very deceiving and there are very few landmarks to get your bearings. It's definitely an area we would visit again and the campsite is excellent - the best toilet block so far!

On the way to our next destination we managed to fit in 18 holes of golf at Panoramica golf resort. It was a massive new development near Vinaros which was a bit like a ghost town. There was very little sign of human life in the apartment blocks which surrounded the course. We only used the par 3 course but even that had a clubhouse which looked like an airport lounge!

We moved along the coast to Peniscola which is supposed to have an interesting old town but when we arrived we were surprised by the size of the resort and the number of holiday makers both in the town and on the beach. The campsite we headed for was full and had 13 people waiting for spaces so we decided it would probably be the same elsewhere. Another hop along the coast took us to Oropesa, the next town along the coast from Benicasim, but the site was right at the far end of the beach which was quite steep and stony. We walked along the coast in both directions and came across Marina d'Or which is a very modern, overdeveloped resort before we even reached Oropesa. Not really our cup of tea so we moved on again to Oliva, south of Valencia.

This is more like it, a proper Spanish town, glorious sunshine and a perfect beach right next to the campsite. We are staying put for at least a week!

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Photos

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Saltmarshes at Ebre delta

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The winner!

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Oliva

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Our campsite is in those trees

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Observation point

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Paddling on the Ebre delta

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Flamingoes - they can standon two legs

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The Loser!

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The quietly understated entrance to Marina D'or

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Beach shower at Oropesa

Comments

[Gerry]

week 5
Hi guys was lovely to speak to you this evening, loving the blog the photo's are brilliant. Glad you are having a lovely time wish we were there! :-) Good night love from us xx

[greg]

looking good
Enjoying the blog guys, I thought the Barcelona one was the first one - got some reading to do! Have fun Greg and Sarah

[Gina]

lucky you!
It all looks very nice. I want to be on that beach at Oliva! Keeping on enjoying! Gina xx

[maureen]

at last catching up
just catching up after 3 weeks away and wishing you well on your journey. It's a good idea to have the blog, and I am looking forward to reading the parts I have missed. Oliva looks like the ideal place for slowing down and enjoying the moment. Thanks for sharing it. xx