Hi all 😊
With this post I’m joining in at the Wednesday Walk challenge and Make me Smile challenge. That are hosted by @tattoodjay and @elizacheng every week on Wednesday.
Today I want to share with you my Walk together with the Walking group from Iznajar I was part of when I was living in Iznajar in 2015.
This walk is from 28 February 2015.
(Part of our group and yes, I’m the youngest. 😉 Mostly expats but also some locals joined us for many walks, each weekend. )
This walk takes us from the old abandoned village of Fuentes de Cesna up to the site of a Neolithic village overlooking the lake of Iznajar.
7,25 km distance - 3:02 duration - elevation during the walk 311m
More information you find Here (Spanish) and Here (Spanish)
Translated a bit of it for you here and made it easier to read / changed some parts;
Granada's rural heritage is impressive. Many of its treasures are disappearing even from collective memory. The old town of Fuentes de Cesna, or "Fuentes Viejas" / “Despoblado de Cesna” as it is known in this part of Granada is an example of this and it was totally abandoned. A new town was later created with a population of 480 inhabitants.
The Fuentes de Cesna is near the Iznájar reservoir, and is a hamlet of Algarinejo. It was a picturesque village, famous for its springwater, to which many neighbours still come to fill their cans.
Currently "Fuentes Viejas" the old town, belongs to the Cesna Cultural Park, an organisation that aims to protect and value the ethnographic and historical elements of this place.
The town/ruins has become a charming place full of magic and mystery. There where the vegetation and trees have grown wild, invading houses and alleys. The enclave has been transformed into a magnificent viewpoint to spend the afternoon chatting, in good company and exploring the area.
Let me show you my walk now and what I saw along the way 😊
We started here passing ruins of the old village.
With views towards the Iznajar Lake / embalsa.
I encountered also some animals on our route. Like this cute donkey.
When we passed he looked once more and I captured his gaze…
As we walk further we see beautiful olive trees, some are quite old, as you can see.
If you look closely to the rocks, you see one of the cave dwellings. Not sure if that was a house. Can you see it?
More lake views as we progress our walk. And the layers and layers of mountains in the distance.
A little bit further we can see the small white village of Iznajar appearing. I lived in the campo/ countryside of it. About half an hour drive to the village itself with my Classic mini over winding mountain roads.
Zoomed in a bit. It was a hazy day as you can see…
Below us we see old farmhouses with their main production be olives.
Views further along.
We are entering the area of the Neolithic village now, and the views from it.
Ruins and olive trees.
Mountain views.
Little flowers along the way, they are early as it is just February.
Winding roads further.
You can see the village now, and it’s cave houses if you look closely.
Some almond trees along the way.
The village:
Overgrown gardens with trees, cacti… the cave houses just to be discovered if you look closely in pathways between the plants.
Old farmhouses.
We walk further and I see another animal: a mule.
Again when we pass by it, it was curious and looked at us till we were not seen anymore.
Bye bye… 👋🏻
We are seeing more ruins this way.
With almond and olive trees blossoming.
We are passing these signs now.
Another view at almost the end of our walk.
With this last one looking back at the route we walked, I want to end my #WednesdayWalk and #Makemesmile… post.
Hope you enjoyed my photographs of this beautiful area of Spain 🤩
Thank you for looking and reading😊 and if you liked my post, an upvote or re-blog is always welcome 🙏🏻
Any questions or comments, let me know. Always happy to help.
Have a great Wednesday all 😎
Grtz Jackie
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Beautiful #WednesDay photo story. Thanks for sharing it, @littlebee4.
You are welcome @zorank 😊 happy to share.
Thank you so much.
Wow how breathtaking is that view and such intriguing history too!
LOVE the Donkey and the Mules, such beautiful, warm and compassionate eyes that they have don' they.
Such a shame that people use and abuse them so much...
Thank you for sharing and one day I hope to follow in your footsteps and see that unique beauty for myself.
You are welcome @chocolatescorpi 😊
Thank you so much.
Yes, those donkeys and mules are such kind animals. Their eyes are always warm. It was nice to see them react to us.
Especially here in Spain in the countryside they don’t treat animals well, of course there are lots of people that do.
Spain got a new law approved this month I believe. All animals are sentient beings for the law now. So they have rights. Especially the pets. It is one step towards a better way of life… for all.
Hope you do one day 😊
Oh Finally!
So glad that they now get some sort of legal protection. It's long overdue, but at last it happened!
And what about the after of the Galgos hunting dogs? Are they included in the new protection laws???
Not sure about the “working animals” but I do hope so.
One step at a time… things are changing finally!
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Such a historically rich area with the muslim occupation and their architectural influences in the past and a very nice view for your walk. Thanks for sharing😀
Yes it is @timoremoti you see that everywhere in South Spain their influence.
Thank you 🙏🏻 you are welcome, happy to share 😊
What a wonderful walk, cool animals, wonderful views and some rugged scenery
Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk :), I truly enjoy exploring the world virtually each Wednesday seeing walks from all around the globe and feeling I am there and experiencing it all myself, such as I did in your post just now :)
Thank you so much @tattoodjay 😊 happy to be here and share my walks 😎
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