A trip to "España profunda": Cantavieja

The town of Teruel

For this trip with Sue and Jake we decided to go to a location less visited, less generally touristy but of course, with a trip that required navigating many windy roads. We went to Cantavieja, in the region of Teruel north of Valencia. This is the largest of the area's rural towns and while small, we did manage to watch an important soccer game (there seems to be one a week here) in a hippie collective bar!

We came the week before the town's bull festival. All small towns in Spain have a festival on one weekend a year. It sounds like a riff on the running of the bulls because anyone can jump into the main square and pretend to be a bullfighter, but here you light the bulls' horns on fire at night.

Some photos from the interwebs for your interest:

This mountainous region is gorgeous and we were shown around by Ezequiel, whose house we stayed in.

Our accommodation! A house built into the old city walls (hence the windows for guns on the top floor)

Walking home at the end of the day

There were lots of long hikes to be had, but what with my waddly ways we did short walks, along which Jake took many a fantastic photo, including many Hipster band album covers. Now we just need to learn some instruments and get some talent and we're set to go!!

(Actually in Morella, another wonderful town in the area-more touristy with a giant castle you can visit)