Around the harbour side women were working under parasols repairing fishing nets and past the fish market at the far end of the harbour a set of weathered stone steps took us up to castle which stands on an elevated rocky outcrop. We made the tour of the restored fortress and then walked around the outside of the impressive medieval parish church, the Iglesia de Santa Maria de la Asuncion, which had the external appearance of a much grander cathedral.
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Tagged Basque Country, Cantabria, Castro Urdiales, Eroski, Liendo, Life, Photography, Trave
“…lively commentaries on village happenings relieved the monotony of net-mending to which many women were obliged to devote the major part of the daylight hours. Net-mending left the brain free to create its own fancies and to work on the raw material of speculation and known fact from which the tissue of gossip was woven.” – Norman Lewis – “Voices of the Old Sea”
In my previous post about Castro Urdiales in Cantabria I referred to the net fixers working on the harbour. Blogging pal John asked for a picture and I am happy to oblige.
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Tagged Basque Country, Cantabria, Castro Urdiales, Eroski, Liendo, Life, Photography, Travel
After lunch we continued our stroll to the handsome old town of Castro Urdiales where the Town Hall stands adjacent to the immaculate main square next to what was the original tiny harbour that was sheltering behind its protective stone walls.
Around the harbour side women were working under parasols repairing fishing nets and past the fish market at the far end of the harbour a set of weathered stone steps took us up to castle which stands on an elevated rocky outcrop. We made the tour of the restored fortress and then walked around the outside of the impressive medieval parish church, the Iglesia de Santa Maria de la Asuncion, which had the external appearance of a much grander cathedral.
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Tagged Basque Country, Cantabria, Castro Urdiales, Eroski, Liendo, Life, Photography, Travel
Castro Urdiales is a busy resort in high summer but on a day in late April it was unhurried and relaxed with only a few visitors sauntering along the promenade. We had parked at the beach end of the town which meant there was quite a long walk to reach the harbour further to the west and this took us past the yacht club and elegant balconied sea front buildings all overlooking the wide sheltered harbour where a variety of boats were resting on the muddy sea bed at low tide.
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Tagged Basque Country, Cantabria, Castro Urdiales, El Roble Liendo, Eroski, Liendo, Pintxos, Posada La Torre de la Quintana, Spain
The Basque Country, or Euskadi in the Basque language, is part of the larger Basque region that also icludes Vavarre and stretches into northern France and is an Autonomous Community of northern Spain that was granted the status of historical region in the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The capital is Vitoria-Gasteiz (Vitoria is the name in Spanish, Gasteiz in Basque) and Bilbao is its largest city.
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Tagged Autovia del Cantabria, Bay of Biscay, Bilbao, Cantabria, Castro Urdiales, Easyjet, Euskadi, Ryanair, Seat Ibiza, Sol-Mar Rent a Car, Spain, Vitoria-Gasteiz
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