Days 3-4 Tarifa to Bolonia

After a restful day 3 in Tarifa recovering from our ordeal on Sunday we set off at 7.30a.m. and headed for Bolonia, our destination for the day.  We decided to take the scenic route and started walking along the beach.  Soon we had to go on a walkway to take us over river inlets.  Unfortunately these had been partly damaged by local storms, although eventually we managed to get through.

The beach then became impassable and we had to take to a main highway, returning to the beach a few kilometres down the road.  We repeated this procedure a couple of times until we reached the great sand dune of Valdevaqueros.  Skirting the dune we followed a path through pine woods still walking on very fine sand.  We found this extremely tiring but the views were stunning.  At 2.15p.m. we finally went over the last dune and saw Bolonia in the distance.  We headed straight for the first bar we saw and had a beer followed by lunch!


Bolonia is the home of Baelo Claudia, roman ruins which we hope to visit briefly tomorrow morning.