Tag: Roman
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Segovia
GK Tours. Day 70 Sunday 12th January 2025. Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain Our stop today was Segovia, another place on Gareth’s wishlist. Another free parking area by another Plaza de Toris (Bull Ring) just on the outskirts of town. This parking area is actually just by the amazing Roman Aquaduct where it emerges from…
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Merida & Trujillo
GK Tours. Day 67 Thursday 9th January 2025. Merida & Trujillo, Extremadura,Spain The parking area in Merida is smack bang in amongst all of the ruins so you don’t have to go far. Yesterday while Gareth was resting I walked Meg round to the remains of a Thermal bath, Aquaduct and Roman Circus. All visible…
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L’Escala
GK Tours. Day 23 – 26 Tuesday 26th November to Friday 29th November 2024 Cadaques to L’Escala. We decided not stay another day in Cadaques, though the sun was out it was very blustery so packed up and left town . The road didn’t seem as long and windy on the way out today and…
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Montech, Perigueux and Niort
28th to 30th Oct 2025 Montech, Perigueux and Niort, France Reluctantly we left sunny Spain and Roses behind, starting our return journey towards Roscoff. We’ve settled for long drives on the motorways where possible to cut down the time. Late on Tuesday we stopped in another Camping Car Park Aire just outside a village called…
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Saint Florent le Vieil and Savennieres
Day 12, 17th Oct 2025 Savennieres & Saint Florent le Vieil, Maine et Loire We had a late start this morning, Meg was so relaxed and loving the conkers she kept finding, that she didn’t want to leave . Our drive took us into wine country, vineyards were everywhere. No fruit on them but the…
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Spello and Trasimeno
GK Tours 2025. Friday 20th June. Spello and Passignano Sul Trasimeno, Umbria, Italy This morning we were up and out nice and early to pop up into Spello. It’s a steep climb up to the main street which then winds down past all the lovely little flower festooned lanes. It really is pretty, medieval homes…
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Into Umbria: Bolsena, Todi & Marmore
GK Tours 2025. Wednesday 18th June. Bolsena, Todi and Marmore, Italy I was awake early this morning, so I took Meg for a stroll around the Lake while it was still cool enough. It’s difficult when you are parked in a carpark, you can’t get your chairs out and there were no benches close by…
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Pitigliano and Lago Di Bolsena
GK Tours 2025. Tuesday 17th June. Pitigliano, Italy Leaving the Sosta in Saturnia we headed towards Bolsena which was to be our next stop. But it wasn’t, because the beauty of what we do is that you can stop when you see something extraordinary, and see something extraordinary we did. Driving around a hairpin bend,…
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Volterra and Livorno
Wednesday 7th May Silla to Livorno via Volterra, Italy It rained a little in the night and we woke up to a chilly morning. We were in the mountains so I shouldn’t have been surprised that the temperature was as low as 13°. But I was. We slowly packed up, there wasn’t a reason to…