Uncastillo
First, we toured the castle that Uncastillo is famous for - it has a fascinating history, starting out as a Moorish fortress in the 10th century. This is a very lovely area - valleys of rolling hills surrounded by small mountain ranges and we spent some time exploring. First, we checked out an old Roman site - baths and aqueduct Los Bañales). Then on to Sos del Rey Católico (which everyone calls "Sos"). Sos is similar to Uncastillo, but on one of the main roads. So, it is a little more "touristy". Nonetheless, it is very attractive. We replenished our stock of orujo here. The small towns around here are very similar (generally speaking) to the hill towns in Tuscany and Umbria in Italy, although the countryside is quite different.
We lunched (menú del día) in Sos today (the highlight was Susan's dessert - a whole peach soaked in red wine), and then had some raciones later for dinner at our favourite bar (Bar Cindol) in Uncastillo. The weather was quite good - a very solid 2.0 on the KWS.
We lunched (menú del día) in Sos today (the highlight was Susan's dessert - a whole peach soaked in red wine), and then had some raciones later for dinner at our favourite bar (Bar Cindol) in Uncastillo. The weather was quite good - a very solid 2.0 on the KWS.
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