Guadalest is a village very popular with tourists on the Spanish Costa Blanca. Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1974, the village is divided into a castle district and the El Arrabal district. There are many small stores with handicraft products and numerous museums. Through the Museo Municipal Casa Orduña you can reach the Mirador del Calvari viewpoint and the nearby cemetery. From both places you have a breathtaking view of the nearby reservoir and the nearby surroundings.
The year is 2021, and the effects of Covid are beginning to calm somewhat, yet travel is still restricted as most countries are closed to foreigners. Most travel is focused on domestic destinations, but things are slowly returning to normal. While a visit to Madrid last year resembled a ghost town, this year’s visit felt much more normal – even though we were hit with a heat wave during our visit.
The Walhalla is one of the major attractions nearby Regensburg. It was built between 1830 and 1842 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria by the architect Leo von Klenze. It serves as a hall of fame that honours laudable and distinguished people in German history – “politicians, sovereigns, scientists and artists of the German tongue”.
