Camino del Estrecho day 2: El Pelayo to Tarifa and beyond, 17.7camino kms

Torre del Guadalmesi, a 16th century lookout to protect against pirates. We didn’t see any, so it still works.

An interesting coastal walk, especially once we deviated off the documented Camino and followed the GR92 coastal path (goat track). The dirt road was a bit tiring, and deviated uphill and down dale to avoid some of the chasms. It was constantly windy – fortunately in our favour – and walking poles were instrumental in staying vertical at times. As there was no longer any marine cloud we had to break out the sunscreen, but the constant wind kept the temperature manageable.

Same tower, different perspective. Savouring half an OSM bar, a mid morning follow up to the machine coffee at the youth hostel. No hay cafes on today’s segment.

We arrived in Tarifa in plenty of time to grab a well earned coffee and sandwich before heading to the port to catch our ferry to Tangier. While it’s not on the Camino itinerary, the one hour ferry ride was a great lure to have a couple of rest days from walking somewhere completely different. Our usual end of day Camino cerveca will have to wait a few days😁

Picturesque goat track
Spanish for “please stay on the marked trail”

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