The Spain Wandering - Day 9: Mirador de Sotres

We drove to the funicular at Bulnes this morning thinking that it would provide us with a better view of the Naranjo de Bulnes peak pictured in the last post.

It's a short drive from the town we're staying near at but when we got there the parking lot was full and it didn't look promising.  The cost was 21.50 Euros per passenger too.  

There was a road that kept heading up the mountain so we decided to see what was up there instead.

After several kilometers of a very twisty and narrow road (AS264) and nice views of canyon walls we came upon the town of Sotres.  A quaint little town that has a Mirador (viewpoint) of its own.  It's called Mirador de Los Jorcaos.

It was even awarded a historical preservation award by the king and queen back in 2024. 

A few Km from Sotres:

Hilly Farm

You can see the road we came in on far below.   I was standing about 300 ft from the Mirador platform at this point.

I was trying for a better angle on the below peak:

Sotres is a link in a national trail system.  You can see another trail zig-zaggimg its way up the mountain to the right.

Some of the locals watched us taking pictures:

A view of Sotres:

Another sleepy village further on, we think accessible by hikers only.  Probably by locals with permits, there was a sign saying no parking available.

We've also seen over a dozen+ descendants of the Suzuki Samurai over in this area.  Two door Vitaras and even a stretched body model:

It made me miss the Sammy.

Returning to the hotel, we noticed that the lights weren't working.  Hmmm.  I checked with the staff and they said it was out in the whole town and "welcome to Spain".

Chucking, I returned to the room and Martha said the news was reporting a power outage for all of Spain and Portugal.

Quite a big event for the country, we napped.

Ironically, cellular internet access worked while the hotel Wi-Fi went down.  I figured backup generators perhaps 

It work work till 6:30 or so when power returned.  Then, internet access went down until 8:30 pm.  No idea why.

We leave tomorrow....stay tuned.

I'm slowly recovering from the cruise ship crud I picked up, Martha is also experiencing symptoms and is about two days behind me.