Granada. Granada has its big attraction, the Alhambra, and we had just assumed that we could rock up and buy a ticket to get in. Not so, we discovered... Tickets are in limited supply and often all are sold two weeks in advance. With not much hope we asked the office in the campsite to see if we could get two tickets. Happily, while there were none for the first day, there were a grand total of twelve available for the next day. We didn't even ask how...

Valencia to Granada Heading down the coast is the pathway to all the beach areas so famous especially in northern Europe where sun lovers flock to be burnt to a crisp.And they are all there - deeply tanned Germans, Dutch, French and Scandinavians along with the paler/redder Brits.The coastal areas are a string of high rise buildings fronting the beaches, now mostly deserted with the off season, and with the cafes and shops also shut, there is a general air...

Valencia After a night of gale force winds we packed up and headed down the coast again, mostly taking the motorways and main roads. This part of the coast is very unimpressive: the beaches may be nice but the development and the high rise is less than sympathetic. Our campsite in Valencia was only a little way out of town, a bit run-down and quite small. We are often the only car with GB plates - everyone else in this place was either Dutch or French t...

Peñíscola With reluctance we left La Mora. We could happily have stayed for weeks but if we did that we'd not be able to finish our trip here. The delta of the Rio Ebre is formed by silt brought down by the river forming a large wetland expanse that sticks out 20 km into the Med. We drove through soggy farmland that was the natural habitat of rice. Everywhere were rice paddies with a multitude of irrigation canals bringing the water to the fields. R...

Tarragona and La Mora After leaving Barcelona and heading south, we checked into a new campsite at the end of a little road leading to a beach called La Mora. It looked pretty nice: away from the traffic and so quiet, directly fronting a beautiful beach with fine, golden sand between two rocky headlands and backed by pine forest on the hill. We booked in for two nights; we stayed for four. Tarragona is the local town only about 20 minutes away by local ...