After those previous and very politic posts, I would like to talk a little about nice places on Spain. Now, I would like to focus on little known or practically unkown catles in Spain.

When I am driving on the Spanish (and other roads such as Portuguese), I sometimes take time to visit beautiful places I see from the car. Places that are on the top of a hill, or in the middle of a mountain. Whenever I have time, I like to detour to see those places.

I remember one of them. Near Navalmoral de la Mata, and going from Madrid to Badajoz, on the left there is a little castle on top of a hill. The village is called Belvís de Monroy and the castle, as far as I know, it is private owned. It is nice to approach to the villa and walk near the castle.

Other good place is Feria. Feria is a kind of white village on the south of the province of Badajoz, near Zafra. The castle is terrific, with its squared tower and a well preserved walls. The village in nice to discover, but there are other beautiful villages near to see: Jerez de los Caballeros, for example, a templar village.

Going south, in the province of Huelva, there is a nice little village, called Cumbres Mayores, with a nice castle. If I remember well, inside, there is even a football inside! Cumbres Mayores is, in my personal opinion, the place where you can find the best Jabugo’s ham. It is worth to detour some kilometers to visit the saw of Huelva, with places such as Castaño de Robledo (one of the nicest villages I have ever seen!), Aracena, Cortegana and, Zufre (a village with a lot of memories for me).

Not all the places today will be on the south of Spain. On the north, I would like to mention today the beautiful castle and village of Ampudia, in the province of Palencia. There is a flavor of ancient times that only can be found on special places.

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