Thursday, August 28, 2014

Route 66 Spanish Style

Ruta De La Plata "Silver Trail"

Silver road (Ruta De La Plata) is an 800 kilometre trek on the western side of Spain, parallel to Portugal, starting at Gijón. The road winds down some of the most picturesque places in Spain and stops at the magnificent city of Seville. It is being heavily promoted as Spain's version of North America's 'Route 66'.

There are 24 Municipalities along the trail, all unique in their own way and screaming out to be visited. From snow peaked mountains, sun drench fields of gold, quaint little villages nestled around a church tower, chiming every hour, to thriving towns with lusty nightlife - vida nocturna, drenched in culture and mystery.

Car enthusiast, bikers, cyclists, hikers and back packers along with caravans and campers are flocking to this magnificent and diverse trail. The Ruta De La Plata is supported by a cooperation of large Spanish companies, like Repsol, promoting destinations and products with strong enthuses on areas of spectacular beauty and gastronomy excellence.

The cooperation of towns are promoting the area to attract more tourist, from Germany, France, the UK and other countries, through social media, tour operators and local travel agents; at the moment figures suggest over 175,000 travelled the route in 2012, made up of mostly Portuguese and Spanish, sampling the delights that the Ruta de la Plata has to offer.



Images used in this article have links to the original source and are being used with kind permission from:
RED DE COOPERACIÓN DE CIUDADES EN LA RUTA DE LA PLATA
http://www.rutadelaplata.com/
www.facebook.com/rutaviaplata
twitter.com/@RutaViaPlata
https://es.foursquare.com/rutaviaplata



Cities Along the Route

The silver trail cooperation are all volunteers and open to new members, which started in 1997 with the collaboration of the cities of Seville, Cáceres, Zamora, León, Salamanca, and Gijón.

Image Shearart The origins of Ruta De La Plata take us back to seventh century BC, a corridor naturally formed by nature over time, snaked through the western Iberian Peninsula. This became an ideal trade route serving the northern Plateau and moving south down the pass to service cities along the route finishing at the beautiful city of Sevilla.

Map of the trail

Ruta de la Plata Signs

 
 

Places to visit along the route

Gijón
Gijón consist of twenty-five parishes on the Central Asturian Coast and is the first town and stating point of the Ruta de la plata
RIBERA DE ARRIBA
RIBERA DE ARRIBA is a municipality situated in the Central Mountain of Asturias with many parishes.
Morcin
Morcin is in the centre of Asturias with seven parishes La Foz (San Antonio), Argame (San Miguel), Peñerudes (San Pedro), San Sebastián, San Esteban, Santa Eulalia (Santolaya) and La Piñera ( San Juan ).
Riosa
Centre of Asturias
Mieres
South Central Area of Asturias,
Aller
Southern Asturias
Lena
Rugged terrain situated in central southern Asturias
La Pola de Gordón
http://www.ayto-lapoladegordon.es/
León
Doorway to Asturias and Galicia Camino de Santiago (Jacobean Trail), A huge favorite with travelers and tourists.
La Bañeza
Province southwest of León with the rivers Duerna, Tuerto and Órbigo.
Benavente
The meadowlands of the Órbigo is overlooked by Benavente which is situated on a plateau.
Zamora
Northeast of the peninsula
Béjar
Southeast of the province
Baños de Montemayor
North of Extremadura,
Hervás
http://www.hervas.com/
Carcaboso
http://www.carcaboso.es/
Plasencia
http://www.plasencia.es/
Casar de Cáceres
http://www.casardecaceres.com/
Calzadilla de los Barros
http://calzadilla.dip-badajoz.es/
Fuente de Cantos
http://www.fuentedecantos.org/
Montemolín
http://www.montemolin.es/
Monesterio
http://www.monesterio.es/
Carmona
http://www.carmona.org/
Sevilla
http://www.sevilla.org/

Birdwatching Guide On The Route

http://www.rutadelaplata.com/revista/ingles/viewer.swf  
This is a fantastic guide in English just click on the image.

Image Source
 

 

Dining Al Fresco, Sevilla, Spain

Canal De Castilla, Palencia.

Shepherd and His Flock, Palencia.

Shepherd and His Flock, Near Itero De La Vega, Palencia, Castilla Y Leon, Spain, Europe
Shepherd and His…
Ken Gillham

24 in. x 18 in.
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Main Square, Carmona.

Flamenco Scene

Traditional House, Carmona.

Courtyard of a Traditional House, Carmona, Andalucia, Spain
Courtyard of a…

Sheila Terry
18 in. x 24 in.
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Giralda Tower, Seville.

Sevilla

Flamenco

Bull Fighter

 
 

Flamenco Male

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