This year (2013) we decided to visit the lovely and hot country Spain. The trip was planned as a round trip from Slovenia to Gibraltar and back (approx 6000 km), with special focus on the beautiful region Andalusia. One night we stayed in Camarque, a beautiful land-piece in the south of France, which we discovered last year on our trip to Provence.
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To leto sva se za najin glavni dopust odločila, da obiščeva vročo Španijo. Planirano je bilo, da se odpeljeva do Gibraltarja (pribl. 6000km) in da bo posebni poudarek potovanja na pokrajini Andaluzija. Tako za tja, kot za nazaj sva eno noč prespala v nacionalnem parku Camarque v južni Franciji, ki sva ga "odkrila" na našem lanskem popotovanju po Provansi.
On our trip we visited the following cities:
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Obiskala in raziskovala sva naslednja mesta:
- Barcelona (beautiful city but difficult to find a camp. At the end we stayed at the campsite CampingBarcelona in Mataro. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful, the camp big, well organised and clean, it had a pool and a small shop. The beach was right across the street. You could use the shuttle bus of the camp to go to the city and it took you about 30 minutes to one side)
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- Barcelona (v tem čudovitem mestu sva le stežka našla kamp. na koncu sva kampirala v kampu CampingBarcelona v bližnem mestecu Mataro. Osebje je bilo zelo prijazno in je z veseljem pomagalo, kamp pa je bil čist in dobro organiziran. Imel je tudi bazen in plažo takoj čez cesto. V mesto si lahko šel s pomočjo majhnega avtobusa, ki je v lasti kampa in vozi v Barcelono in nazaj približno petkrat dnevno. Pot v Barcelono je stala 5 EUR na osebo v obe smeri in je trajala približno pol ure v eno smer.
- Granada (wonderful city. We stayed at a campsite near the main bus station and used the bus to get to the centre. The camp was very well organised, shadowy and very clean. The staff was friendly and spoke good English. They also helped us with some tourist information regarding our visit of Alhambra. (it is wise to go very early in the morning, so that you are there already at 8.00. In that way, you do not have to wait in line and the heat is more bearable. even if we arrived already at 8.00 we couldn't visit the main buildings until 11.00. visitors coming after us had even have to wait until 15.00 in the afternoon. So in main season it is wise to buy your ticket online, especially when travelling in a large group.))
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- Granada (Čudovito mesto. kapirala sva v bližini glavne avtobusne postaje in uporabila avtobus za pot do centra mesta. Kamp "Camping Motel Sierra Nevadaje" bil dobro organiziran, z veliko senčnih mest ter čistimi sanitarijami. zaposleni so bili prijazni ter govorili dobro angleško. Zelo so nam pomagali predvsem pri planiranju našega obiska največje znamenitosti mesta - Alhambre. (pametno jo je obiskati zgodnjih jutranjih urah. Midva sva bila tam že ob 8.00 zjutraj. Sistem pa je tak, da so v glavni stavbi Alhambre le vodeni ogledi in morajo zato obiskovalci počakati skupino, kateri so dodeljeni. Midva, ki sva tja prišla zgodaj zjutraj, sva bila dodeljena skupini ob 11.00. Obiskovalci, ki so prišli za nami pa so morali počakati tudi do 15.00 ali 16.00. V vmesnem času si lahko ogledaš druge stavbe v kompleksu. Za večje skupine ali družine z oktroki pa svetujemo, da si karte za voden ogled kupite že vnaprej online na spletni strani Alhambre, saj se boste tako izognili čakanju na svojo skupino.))
- Gibraltar (one of the highlights of our trip was surely Gibraltar, the small British piece of land, right on the edge of Europe. You have to cross a boarder, and we even were pull aside by the customs officer because of our fully packed car. When then parked at Morrisons and had a fantastical afternoon in the city. It feels like being in London, only that the weather is hot and sunny :). Needless to say, the people speak perfect English, and are willingly prepared to help tourists in need of information. We concluded our visit with the famous fish and chips and moved forward to Cadiz.)
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- Gibraltar (eden najbolj zanimivih krajev, ki sva ga obiskala na našem potovanju je zagotovo Gibraltar, majhen angleški košček zemlje, ki se nahaja na samem robu Evrope. Za dostop moraš prečkati mejo in midva sva poleg tega morala ustaviti še na carini, saj se je zdel carinikom najin zabasan avto sumljiv :). Parkirala sva kar pri trgovini Morrisons in uživala v čudovitem popoldnevu. Občutek imaš, kot da se bi nahajal v Londonu, le vreme je lepše :). Ni potrebno omeniti da so vsi govorili odlično angleško in da radi pomagajo turistom ki tavajo po mestecu. Ogled sva zaključila s porcijo fish and chips'a in nadaljevala pot do Cadiza.
- Cadiz (the city was nice, but in our opinion not as special as the other Andalusian cities. Our problem was also, that we arrived in Cadiz in the middle of the day, and it was so hot that it was almost unbearable for people not used to it :) But the beach next to it was simply wonderful! A bit windy, but almost empty and the water was clear and chilly, perfect for an outside temperature of 40 degrees. It was rather difficult to find a camp and we had to ask the tourist information desk and then drive another 30 km to the next campsite, which was nothing special, so we stayed there only for one night.)
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- Cadiz ( mestece je lepo, ampak žal ne tako posebno kot druga andaluzijska mesta. Problem je tudi bil, ker sva v Cadiz prispela sredi dneva, v največji vročini, ki sva jo kot Srednjeevropejca le steška prenašala. Plaža poleg Cadiza pa je bila naravnost čudovita, voda čista in hladna, super za ohladitev. Imela sva nekaj problemov z iskanjem kampa, šele na turističnih informacijah smo zvedeli da je najbližji kamp oddaljen 30km. Glede na to, da kamp ni bil nič posebnega, sva najino pot nadaljevala že naslednji dan.
- Sevilla (In the beauty Sevilla, we stayed three days, manly because we wanted to visit a traditional bull fight which are organised frequently during the summer months. The nearest camp was about 20 minutes from the city centre so we used our car to drive into and out of the city. The camp was in the little town Hermanas and it was one of the best camps of the whole trip. Clean, shadowy, with friendly staff and a nice swimming pool, coming in handy, since there is no sea near Seville. The camp was called Camping Villsom.
We have to add that if you also want to visit a bullfight buy your ticket directly and only at the ticket office in the arena, since you will pay a lot more in the strange ticket offices around the arena (We paid around 25EUR/person, but later found out the the original price was less then 10EUR/person.) Nevertheless in was a memorable experience, although hard for people not used to see killing animals in real life.
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- Sevilla (v Sevilli sva ostala za polne tri dni, predvsem zato ker sva čakala na bikoborbo, ki je bila organizirana v areni tretji dan našega obiska. Najbližji kamp se nahaja približno 20 minut iz mesta v kraju Hermanas. Bil je eden izmed boljših kampov celega potovanja, čist, organiziran, senčen, s priijaznim osebjem ter bazenom, ki pri tako visokih temperaturah in ob odsotnosti morja še kako zaleže. Kampu je bilo ime Camping Vilsom.
Če tudi vi želite obiskati bikoborbe opozarjamo, da kupite karte zgolj in izključno pri vhodu v areni. Midva sva karte kupila v eni izmed trgovinic v mestu ter krepko preplačala (plačala sva 25EUR/osebo in pozneje izvedela, da je originalna cena nekje pri 10EUR/osebo).
- Cordoba (another pearl of Andalusia, which we visited on a day trip from Sevilla (we stayed in the same camp). especially beautiful were the Jewish parts of the city and of course its cathedral.)
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- Cordoba (Čudovito andaluzijsko mesto oddaljeno dobro uro od Seville ( ostala sva kar v istem kampu). Nama je bila najlepša judovska četrt ter seveda katedrala.)
- Andorra (on the way back home we camped one night near the state Andorra. If you are not under a time pressure, we suggest to stay longer in the beautiful valleys surrounding it, since it is colder and much more bearable. We also suggest to visit Andorra with empty fuel tanks, since the prices are ridiculously low (the price for diesel is 1,13EUR/L). We bought a few items in one of the several shopping malls and headed on our way home, again staying a night in Camarque.)
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- Andorra (na poti domov sva se za eno noč ustavila še v kampu blizu državice Andorre. Če se vam ne mudi domov predlagava da v teh krajih ostanete za daljši čas. Temperature so nižje občutek pa kot da bi se nahajal ob reki Soči. Poleg tega predlagava da se v Andorro odpravite s praznim tankom, saj so cene goriva smešno nizke (diesel: 1,13EUR/L). Ustavila sva se še v eni od številnih nakupovalnih središč, nato pa sva se odpravila dalje proti Franciji. Tudi za nazaj sva eno noč prespala v Camarqu.)
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