I really liked the hotel we stayed at in Algeciras. They had solved most of the problems that I have run into in other hotels (including high end ones) and was a very accessible hotel. Take going for breakfast. In Rome, we had to have Room Service as the Breakfast buffet was not accessible as it was up a set of stairs. At the lowly AC Algeciras? Yes there were stairs to get to the restaurant and thus the breakfast buffet however I could get myself up there and down without needing anyone’s help! Check this out!
So, now we have had breakfast, we packed up and got on our way to Córdoba today, with a stop in Ronda. Yes, some of you smart cookies might be thinking when you look at this map- why did you go from Seville DOWN to Algeciras and then UP to Córdoba? Good question! It has to do with two people – our friend Leah who told us about the chasm in Ronda and how stunning it is and then my mother who told us that we just could not miss Córdoba and Granada. So listening to those two important people we changed our routing along the south coast of Spain (which we had already see the major cities via the cruise ship) so that we could go UP to Córdoba and then over to Granada. The reservation in Algeciras and Valencia (along with Seville) were firm and either had been paid for or reserved on points when the points were lower and I really did not want to gamble cancelling those reservations so thus, we did an extra couple of hours of driving!
So we set out from Algeciras to Ronda first and these are the pictures along the way –
Once we got to Ronda, we drove through town as we were a bit perplexed where this “chasm” or “canyon” could be as it was flat the way that we entered town (except for the weird round about but that is another story)! So we drove through town and did not see any parking so I could stop navigating Andrew and figure out where to so, we just kept going and voila! we ran into the bridge where it was obvious (with the number of tourists around) that this must be the spot! So we went and parked and guess what! It was 🙂 It is amazing how you can approach and drive through a city that you think is flat and all of a sudden find out it is on the side of a mountain with a huge narrow cavernous gully through the middle of it! Here are our pictures below –
Now we were done with feeling sky high and me with my fear of height and dropping my phone we were on the road again – this time to Córdoba where we were staying in yet another AC Hotel! This one has guaranteed us an accessible room so I am excited to be in a room that is easier to move around in! Allons y!
We had a great drive up to Córdoba and arrived about 7pm. Had a fun experience when getting gas trying to explain in a small town (where my phone was in the car) that they needed more toilet paper in the ladies washroom! Nothing like playing charades in a gas station! Oh, and for those people wondering, gas prices here are about 2.14 Euros a litre. Sounds like gas is about $2.10 back home! That is getting nasty! I expected high gas prices here but $2.10 is a lot! So we got settled and after a quick trip to the Supermarcado as tomorrow is Sunday and everything is closed (Andrew needed beer) we relaxed and had left overs for dinner! Tomorrow we are going to sign see!