Summer Holidays (2015)
Second week.
Anso
Arguably, one of the most beautiful villages in Spain.
A village hanging in the mountains.
Made of stones and flowers.
More stones and more flowers.
The church, with interesting architecture.
Remains from the republic.
Siresa
The village nearby Hecho, home of a Monasterio de San Pedro.
The 'Monasterio de San Pedro.
Even cars don't spoil it that much.
Notice the chimney again.
Hecho
Casa la Cope, one of the oldest of the village, with locals discussing.
San Juan de la Peña
We first tried to visit with Georges.
But it was closed when we arrived.
So we returned, with Elena and Julia only,
to get literally inside the rock.
The decoration pattern of Jaca.
The vault, supporting light and a mountain.
An unknown motif (maybe Cain & Abel).
Detail of Jesus toying with Peter's mouth. Note also the disproportionate eyes.
The famous claustro overall.
Santa Maria, San Juan de la Peña
There is also a village nearby, Santa Maria, which is worth a visit.
A little church at the exit of the village.
The mountains, in the distance.
Vittoria
On our way to Asturias from the Pyrenees, we stopped by a couple of important locations. First one was Vittoria.
Typical architecture from the north,
hanging on all the floors,
sometimes protruding so much as to define a new house,
but always providing a very nice touch.
Vittoria's center is a series of concentric streets,
Of course several wars also found Vittoria on its way.
The various elliptic streets are linked by such radial streets.
Vittoria is rich of street art.
Same view as above on our way back, in the evening.
Bilbao
Our next stop was Bilbao.
A specialty of these northern Basque cities are elaborated tapas ('pinchos).
Observing daring birds who like tapas too.
The streets of Bilbao are similar to those of Vittoria,
maybe a bit more looked after.
A beautiful church of naturally colored stones.
A shop cast in the church.
The sky fragmented between sunny and cloudy added much to the atmosphere.
We didn't cross to the other side. Bilbao is one of the biggest city in Spain.
More city-birds watching.
A typical local game, throwing pellets to a frog.
The famous Guggenheim museum.
Detail of the architecture.
You could make picture of some things, like this spherical mirror, but not everything.
This [1] was not supposed to be photographed.
Inside the previous structure. We never knew if this was licit or not.
This famous balloon puppy by Jeff Koons is all metal.
Beach
One of our favorite of Asturias is the beach.
There is great local seafood available.
The beaches are many and with a strong character.
It makes for very nice walks along the sea.
It's not Cornwall but it's definitely superior to the Mediterranean beaches.
A little fellow in a puddle.
That sometimes get very close.
So close you could touch it!
El Cabo de Peñas. The North-erst point of Asturias.
With impressive precipices.
Our little visitor coming there to the first, but certainly not the last, time.
Luanco
Luanco is a little village by the see.
It has some of the touches of Northern architecture, although of course with moderation.
Our favorite was the church, with its covered walk.
The night falling on Asturias.
Los Tornos
The fountain of the village.
On our way to the river, to go on the other side.
A little house in a field.
The abuelos's house from the other side.
Julia with the big rock we see from the house.
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Santa Maria del Naranco
Gongas de Onis & Covagonda
Summer Holidays 2015
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First week: Valle de Hecho
Second week: On the way to, and, Asturias.
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