Today's wander took us to the Palace/Castle in the town of Olite.
After a 20 mile wrong turn detour at a traffic circle, we got there just after the ticket office opened. Popular place, already a dozen people ahead of us.
Pretty cool castle, built more for leisure and enjoyment than defense. It's consistently rated in the top ten list of beautiful castles in Spain and I can see why.
Main Entrance
As Noon approached we left as the crowds grew in size.
The drive back was on a back road which crossed the Erro river several times.
Luckily its not a heavily traffic road as it was narrow and had it's share of blind curves.
We head back to Bilbao tomorrow, both of us are pretty much done with Spain and are ready to head out.
3 comments:
Beautiful and intriguing. The building of the castles had to be something to see at the time.
You must be castled-out by this time, eh? I certainly got a cultural overload while visiting the area. Cheers, SonjaM
Definitely, SonjaM...also cathedral/churched out.
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