Travel to the Jaén province of Andalucia, Spain – Episode 807

Listen to about vacation to the Jaén province of Andalucia Spain as the Beginner Traveler talks to Molly Sears-Piccavey who life in Andalucia.

Molly suggests, “Jaén is a province in western Andalucia that is not definitely really recognized or affiliated with tourism. If we choose southern Spain the western side of Andalucia which is Granada, Cordoba, Jaén, and Almería are not as touristic most likely as the facet of Andalucia which is where Malaga and Seville are. Cordoba and Granada are extremely very well visited since of their Muslim architecture this sort of as the mosque or their Alhambra Palace, but Jaén is inland and a tiny little bit even further away. And lots of men and women really do not take care of to learn Jaén and I feel Jaén has a good deal to supply the customer.”

“The detail that sticks out most in my head is the olive trees. It’s the spot in Europe with most density of olive trees, and they develop obviously a whole lot of olive oil. When you travel to Jaén, Where ever you look, you’re just viewing olive trees and even on the street to Jaén as well as just olive trees as considerably as you can see. It is also a spot that has a significant amount of money of castles and fortresses. They assert to be the spot with the most castles in Europe. Burgalimar which is in Baños de la Encina is the oldest castle in Europe and it is so truly worth traveling to.”

“They call Jaén the land of battles and castles but I consider they are missing the olive oil so it really should be battles, castles, and olive oil.”

For over 200 years, Jaén was the border between Catholic Spain and Moorish Spain, as a result the quantity of castles and the walled hilltop towns.

Molly commences us in the cash of Jaén province which is the city of Jaén. We start in the wonderful cathedral of Jaén which may possibly look familiar as it was utilised as a design for lots of cathedrals in the new planet. It is proposed as a UNESCO site simply because of this significance. 

We then climb the hill for a perspective of the town to the Castle of Santa Catalina and the Parador of Jaén (the countrywide lodge chain) which sit facet by aspect with a see of the metropolis and of the 65 million olive trees in the distance. 

The other stop you really should make in Jaén is the Arab Bathes which are the largest of the outdated hammams from the Moorish rule. They sit under the palace of an ex-Viceroy to Peru which homes an artwork museum and a history museum.

We transfer from Jaén across the valley to the twin towns of Úbeda and Baeza which are a joint UNESCO website for their properties created in the Spanish Renaissance type. Úbeda has a variety of previous structures close to a significant sq. (Vázquez de Molina Sq.) which include an old palace which is now a Parador. There is also an ornate funerary chapel for a person of the far more distinguished family members of Úbeda, and the Basílica de Santa María de los Reales Alcázares church.

Baeza is an previous College town. The outdated university is now the higher college but a single of the old palaces has been turned into a new international university. Baeza has a quieter whitewashed Andalucian town sense with little streets and flower boxes. 

Molly also endorses browsing Baños de la Encina and the Burgalimar Castle as very well as Alcalá la True and its Fortaleza de La Mota. These metropolitan areas ended up even nearer to the border with Moorish Grenada so they had the a lot more major fortifications. 

Jaén also has 4 normal parks with a assortment of things to do together with hiking, but Molly who sales opportunities food stuff tours focuses us much more on areas we can get a great meal. 

Jaén is a attractive area of Spain that justifies additional tourism than it gets… but you may not want to visit in the warmth of the summertime as I did not long ago on a press vacation.

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Demonstrate Notes

piccavey.com
Spain Meals Sherpas Excursions
Undiscovered Spain – The Jaén Province of Andalucia
Andalusia
Province of Jaén (Spain)
Border of Granada
Jaén
Jaén Cathedral
Parador de Jaén
Sierra Mágina
Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Purely natural Park
Pegalajar
Restaurante La Alcuza (Pegalajar)
Castle of Santa Catalina (Jaén)
Arab Baths of Jaén
Museo Internacional Arte Naïf
Naïve art
Baga Cafe
Úbeda
Vázquez de Molina Sq.
Parador of Ubeda
Basílica de Santa María de los Reales Alcázares
Lodge Palacio De Úbeda
Sinagoga del Agua
Baeza, Spain
Baeza Cathedral
Plaza del Populo
Castulo
University of Baeza
Palace of Jabalquinto
Alcalá la Genuine
Fortaleza de La Mota
Baños de la Encina
Burgalimar Castle
Cherry Pageant in Castillo de Locubin
Vandalvide Cafe, Baeza
Taberna El Pajaro, Baeza

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Patron Jeff commented on Journey to the South of Iceland – Amateur Traveler Episode 802

The South Iceland episode introduced back again so numerous reminiscences of Iceland. A person of my reminiscences was the households to the “hidden people” (gnomes, elves and so on.) which are rock piles exactly where the streets are developed close to. One entertaining activity I enjoyed was puppy sledding on Myrdalsjokull Glacier. At last, a visit to the Westmann Islands is wonderful but you could possibly consider a sightseeing flight of Surtsey Island. This island emerged in a volcanic eruption in November 1963 from under the ocean. I never know if it however retains the designation of becoming the latest island on earth to be developed. It’s a scientific reserve with access by allow only, so a sightseeing flight is the only way to see it. They are investigating plant and animal lifestyle colonizing the island. An additional bonus was also the sights of Iceland’s countryside and coastline from the air which include the Westmann Islands.

Forgot to remark about the warm dogs.  Icelanders like their warm canine (pylsa). You can get them

almost everywhere, bacon wrapped and so on. The greatest canine in Reykjavik is at Baejarins Beztu a small 10×10 shack manufactured renowned by then President Clinton halting by and owning a sizzling puppy.  It is the “Pink’s” of Reykjavik.

Jeff

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