Garaballa Travel Guide

 
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Things to Do  

The River

The River, Garaballa

 DPando Says:  We are lucky to get a river that cross the rtown winding beneath it ... and offering us great pools and rapids ...i love this river great memories and afternoon snack with friends closr to the river's rims ... make sense to this love...the river rise 15 km north closer to... 

Pouring Rain

Pouring Rain, Garaballa

 DPando Says:  Dont use to rain so much in this town although some days in winter are bloody freezing cold ...so warmer in summer and spring and colder the other part of the yearPeople use to go in weekends and mid august till 10th of sept when there is the main festival (Virgen de... 

Wire Fences !!!!

Wire Fences !!!!, Garaballa

 DPando Says:  Garaballa has a lot of paths around it to walk easily and see rivers elder houses where people lived 100 years ago and now unoccupied unfortunately ...But the bad point is next ..in the last years 3 or 4 as maximum the wealthy people of madrid and typical spanish burgeoise... 

Hotels  

Ntra. Sra. de Tejeda: Hospedería

Ntra. Sra. de Tejeda: Hospedería, Garaballa

 drpandora Says:  Situada en la Serranía de Cuenca, en el pueblo de Garaballa a una hora y cuarto de Cuenca, Valencia, Albacete, Teruel y a menos de 3 horas de Madrid.El santuario de Ntra. Sra. de la Tejeda arranca con la aparición y hallazgo de una imagen de la Virgen durante el reinado de... 

Restaurants  

El Castillo...

El Castillo..., Garaballa

 DPando Says:  El Castillo RestaurantLocated in Utiel, (town into Valencia province) at side of A3 motorway Madrid-Valencia (90 kms from Valencia).. its a small but main town in the area where detach above all a great wine called Sierra Negrete D.O.I suggest this restaurant a little bit... 

Casa DomingoLocated in...

Casa DomingoLocated in..., Garaballa

 DPando Says:  Casa DomingoLocated in Ademuz between Teruel, Valencia and Cuenca is a restaurant and a hostel at the same timeAppearances can be deceptive. Excellent food, very friendly staff and great value I suggest taste 'Gazpacho manchego', 'Ajoarriero' and Migasreserve your place... 

Transportation  

Roads
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DPando 1426 reviews

The sole way to move around Garaballa is by road.. in the last years the roads have improved so much...Some years ago when i make kilometers with my bycicle to other towns the roads were full of bumpls and pot holes who made so hard drive quite fast...
Now there are excellent roads everywhere

Written Jul 14, 2005

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Off The Beaten Path  

clouds and rain

clouds and rain, Garaballa

 DPando Says:  One of my best good memory is the rain .. the pouring rain in a region where dont use to do it....showers of 45 min become in a party or in a happy feeling during those moments (30'-1hour)the best of all is this smell in the air made by the dry soil and the water rain ..i... 

Clouds

Clouds, Garaballa

 DPando Says:  Typical summer storms due to the high temperatures....Cumul-nimbus raise higher at noon and often cast showers for 45 min who release this nicer smell in the air mixed by dry soil and the water rain ... 

Sunsets

Sunsets, Garaballa

 DPando Says:  One of the most features and at the same time good memories of Garaballa and surroundings are the sunsets sights from my home till 2230pm in june and first days of July 

La Sierra (mountain range)

La Sierra (mountain range), Garaballa

 DPando Says:  The town is surrounding by 3 mountains 1300 meters on average ...and pine trees ...there is under the main peack (Ranera Peack 1412 m) a rocky formation so similar to Montserrat mountain closer to Barcelona made by water and just one hour away from townIf you are interested... 

Favorites  

Streets

Streets, Garaballa

 DPando Says:  narrow alleys gather in squares in this small town.. mostly painted in white ..everyday charmer and nicer than in the past times where this town could be gather in the darkness and disdained "Deep and Dark Spain" 

Streets

Streets, Garaballa

 DPando Says:  rhe town has no special to see except the monastery and some springs around the town ... but for the "locals" or for people like me that we have gone there all our life has a special feelings and lot of memories in every corner thousand of them .. this one is my street or... 

Garaballa Town

Garaballa Town, Garaballa

 DPando Says:  the main attraction in the town...his monastery is famous in most regions in Spain and people from everywhere visit it every weekend, the monastery and its maddona ." Virgen de Tejeda" 

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