Right, it's time we got moving again, and burned a few calories gained from those lovely pastries!
Day 14: Hoya-Gonzalo to Chinchilla de Montearagón
The walk today, 17.7 km, completes the
official 7th stage of the Levante.
This is how
@peregrina2000 described this stage in her
blog:
Those beehive huts are called
cucos in this area. They served generally as shelters for shepherds, and are also found in parts of southern France, where they are called
bories, or
caselles.
It's an easy flat-ish walk, so we should have enough time to visit Chinchilla after our arrival. This is also a town on
@JLWV 's list of towns with castles, and this castle, as well as the rest of the town, looks like it's worth visiting:
Go and check the
photos @peregrina2000 has kindly shared earlier. And if we need more time, we can also extend our visit tomorrow morning before leaving. (In real life, Rachel and I would probably take a rest day here)
The Amigos' accommodation list includes a note about a municipal albergue:
It lists otherwise Hostal el Peñón, Hostal el Volante, which are both on the highway coming into town, one of these being possibly where
@peregrina2000 stayed in 2013, as well as another 3 private places. The tourism
website for Chinchilla has a few more, and includes one that attracted
attention earlier in this thread, the
Hotel La Posada de Chinchilla. Nice! Very nice! ☺
An interesting lodging is
Casa cueva del Alfarero (Cuevas del Agujero). It appears in the video above, the dwellings with the funny white chimneys, which are caves dug out of the rock. It reminds me of the Sacromonte in Granada. I don't think it is available for an overnight, though, but it wouldn't hurt to ask, I guess.
There are a number of options for eating, according to the
Chinchilla tourism website. El
Rincón Manchego looks nice, what do you think,
@VNwalking ? ☺
Now, before I go to bed, I have to ask what
@peregrina2000 meant with this:
Is the useless meander just getting out of town?