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PORTO — Eiffel’s Towering Bridge: Puente Maria Pía

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Searching for the Puente Maria Pía, I picked my way along the long-disused and much-overgrown remnants of the railway line. It clung to the steep side of the valley overlooking the Douro River like a shelf on a wall. A light drizzle fell as I lifted my camera to get …

On to Puenta la Reina

Camino / Spain / Travel2 Comments

We descended carefully, as though on marbles and soon left the steel sculptures and windmills behind. We replenished our water bottles at the fountain at Uterga and passed a lovely old gothic church. From Uterga the going became much easier, with the sky overcast for much of the day. Lunch at …