Hi Mikel,
I have been interested in the discussion about the less-visited places in Spain. My husband and I will be there for a month from mid-September - mid-October. I want to share my itinerary and ask if you can contribute any insight or suggestions about our plans.
We fly into Barcelona and will rent a car at the airport. Our first 4 nights are in the town of Siurana, just north of Girona. We hope to do some easy hiking along the coast, spend a day in Girona and another near L’Escala.
Then we drive to the Basque country and will spend 4 nights near the coast, between Lekeitio and Elantxobe. We want to spend a day in San Sebastian, but the film festival will be going on and we are concerned that there will be large crowds.
Next we drive to Salamanca for 3 nights and hope to visit Avila, La Alberca and Bejar and Candelario, as well as Salamanca.
We will wander into Portugal for the next week and then return to Spain and will spend 4 nights in Alajar, in the Sierra de Aracena. Our days there will be spent hiking to villages and exploring caves.
Next we will spend 4 nights in Ferreirola, in Las Alpujarras. We may take a day to go into Granada, but beyond that we plan to spend time in the villages nearby.
Finally we will spend 2 nights in Sella with plans to spend the one day in Villajoyosa. We are hoping that this town will be a bit less tourist-filled than others on the Costa Blanca.
We return to Barcelona where we have reserved an apartment for the last 3 nights before flying back to the States. We want to visit Montserrat with only one day actually in the city of Barcelona.
Our hope is that we will find areas where we will not hear English spoken, and that we will end the month feeling like we have experienced the people and culture of the various regions, while not necessarily having seen every cathedral, museum, etc. Our Spanish is very limited, but we make an effort and have discovered in both Italy and France that much can be communicated without words.
We have reservations mostly in casas rurales.
If you find a moment and can contribute any information about these areas so that we don't miss out on something spectacular simply because we don't know, or because our Spanish is limited, that would be very kind of you.
Thanks Mikel,
Laura
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