Parador de Turismo
The Paradores are state-run hotels that are often in castles, palaces, fortresses, convents, monasteries and other historic buildings. The one in Cuenca is in a convent.
Lots of photos!
This is the first trip that both of us had our own cameras so, as you can imagine, we took a LOT of photos!
Huecar River Gorge
A good shot of Cuenca and the Parador on opposite sides of the gorge.
Parador de Cuenca
We stayed at the Parador de Cuenca. It is the renovated Convent of Saint Paul, built in the 16th century.
Cuenca by day
We headed out toward Cuenca, taking a million photos along the way.
Giant stones
There are giant stones everywhere. Very cool! This starcase leads to a parking lot. We got lucky and parked right in front of the hotel.
Day 3 selfie!
Bill's selfie of the day!
Bathroom
Nice bathroom!
One last pic
One last picture of the bridge out the indow.
Other side
Other side of the room. There's the window where we were taking pictures earlier.
Room pics
We stayed at the Parador de Cuenca. It was the restored Convent of Saint Paul.
Too dark
After a while it got too dark for photos, time to see the room and get some dinner.
Beautiful City
Cuenca looked so beautiful we couldn't wait to see it tomorrow!
Cuenca
We made it to Cuenca right around sunset! We had a perfect view of the city from our room.
Neat landscapes
You'll see as we drove through Spain the landscapes change from desert to lush vegetation.
Pretty!
The photos doin't do it justice, how pretty it was to come over the hilltop and see the beautiful city below.
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Snack stop!
We were both hungry and thirsty. We were totally jet-lagged. We stopped for snacks.
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Lost already
We had a new GPS app and were having trouble using it so we pulled off next to a hospital to try to make it work. This was some of the parking for the hospital. It was strange. Also, a dead end. A lot of cars turned this way and then had to figure out how to get out.
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Day 2: Finally here!
We finally arrived at the Madrid Airport. After, I swear, walking five miles through the airport we got our rental car, got a scary letter about gangs hijacking rental cars and we headed out!