A day walk in the Tabernas Deserts Sometimes you can get caught out by the weather, normally bad weather. But this time the weather was good, too good! Our day trek in the Tabernas desert badlands of Almeria turned into a very hot walk indeed. Due to the heat we don’t normally visit the deserts [...]
Read More mini hollywood, rambla de tabernas, tabernas desertSpectacular desert trekking in the badlands of Almeria with a group of 15 dutch students on a hot April spring day. We had set off pre-dawn from Lanjaron, but the early start was well rewarded by the sight of the sun coming up over the Sierra de Baza beyond the town of Guadix. We met [...]
Read More almeria, badlands, lawrence of arabia, mini hollywood, sierra de baza, Spaghetti, spectacular desert, tabernas, tabernas desert, Tours, walking tripThe remarkable, barren badlands of Tabernas in Almeria provide rich walking and hiking opportunities in a truly unique European environment, especially during the colder winter months. We have been walking in these desert regions for many years now. They never fail to provide excitment and interest and our enthusiasm never wanes for this spectacular walking [...]
Read More almeria, clint eastwood, desert, desert badlands, film locations, lawrence of arabia, southern spain, tabernas, Walking, walking tourOn our latest trek into the desert badlands around Tabernas, Almeria it rained. Typical! A good day was had by all however, and the scenery consisting of ravines, escarpments and cliffs was spectacular. The region is famous for it’s place in movie history as the area where the spaghetti westerns were filmed. We have made [...]
Read More almeria, tabernas, Trekking, Walking“Walking in the footsteps of Clint Eastwood” There is no doubt that the scenery around Tabernas in Almeria is dramatic. We have been running Walking Tours in the Tabernas Desert for many years now and the views never fail to inspire. Sergio Leone and the Spaghetti Western crews realised this too, and from the 1960′s [...]
Read More almeria, desert, Misc, spaghetti western, tabernas, WalkingYesterday we guided a walk in the Tabernas desert in Almeria. Starting from the entrance to the Mini Hollywood film sets we headed south and quickly entered a desert canyon via a series of wooden steps. Crossing a 10m wide stretch of 15ft high bamboo proved difficult and a bit time consuming. Hard to believe [...]
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