Tag: vineyards
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St Genis de Saintonge, Saintes & St Jean d’Angely
GK Tours. Day 77 & 78 Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th January 2025. St Genis de Saintonge, Saintes & St Jean d’Angely, France We woke up to fog and mist on Saturday morning in Saint Emilion so waited until midday to see if it was going to clear. It did not. It had eased off…
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Milady (Biarritz) & St Emillion
GK Tours. Day 75 & 76 Thursday 16th & Friday 17th January 2025. Milady (Biarritz) and Saint Emillion, France We woke late in Lekeitio. It was very cold so we made a quick exit and hit the mountain roads again through Basque country heading towards the French border. There is no snow here but very…
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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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Pals via Llafranc
GK Tours. Day 27 Saturday 30th November 2024 L’Escala to Pals via Llafranc Wondering where to go today, we thought we’d take up Bob’s recommendation and visit Llafranc, he knew it when it was a little fishing village. It was only about a 45 minute drive and took us through the countryside with vineyards (…
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Logrono
GK Tours. Day 14 Sunday 16th November 2024 Pamplona to Logrono Considering the proximity of the road and fire station, we slept really well in Pamplona last night. The sun once again was up and ready to heat the day. Opposite our Aire there is another car park where campers can stop for free, there…
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Rocca San Giovanni
Friday 5th June 2026. Rocca San Giovanni, Abruzzo,Italy Today we visited a little hill town called Rocca San Giovanni. We had read that there were a couple of wine makers there and that we could purchase some Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, a red wine we quite like. It was obvious we were in wine making country as…