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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...
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Castles in Andalucia - Cadiz Province

I know that castles and watchtowers abound in Andalucia but wondered how many. I'm probably going to wish I hadn't started to explore them or at least did start in the holidays. I found out there are far more than imagined so here goes with the first province of Andalucia - Cadiz. I'll be covering all eight provinces, which may take a while.

Cadiz Castles

Alcala de los Gazules Castle - Alcala de los Gazules
Algeciras Castle - Algeciras
Arcos de la Frontera Castle - Arcos de la Frontera
Barbate Castle - Barbate
Aznalmara Castle - Benaocaz
Fontanar Castle - Bornos
San Sebastian Castle - Cadiz
Alcala de los GazulesSanta Catalina Castle - Cadiz
Santa Catalina Castle - El Puerto de Santa Maria
De los Ponce Castle - Cadiz
San Lorenzo del Puntal Castle - Cadiz
Castellar Viejo Castle - Castellar de la Frontera
San Lorenzo del Puntal Castle - Cadiz
Castellar Viejo Castle - Castellar de la Frontera

Arcos de la Frontera
Guzman el Bueno Castle - Tarifa
Guzman el Bueno Castle - Conil de la Frontera
Sancti Petri Castle - Chiclana de la Frontera
Fatetar Castle - Espera
Gigonza Castle - Jerez de la Frontera
Gigonza Castle - Paterna de Rivera
Berroquejo Castle - Jerez de la Frontera
Chipiona Castle - Chipiona
Melgarejo Castle - Jerez de la Frontera
Tesorillo Castle - Jerez de la Frontera

Olvera
Alcazar Jerez de la Frontera
Rota Castle - Jerez de la Frontera
Jimena Castle - Jimena de la Frontera
Santa Barbara Castle - La Linea de la Concepcion
Torre Estrella Castle - Medina Sidonia
Medina Sidonia Castle - Medina Sidonia
Olvera Castle - Olvera
Carastas Castle/Ayamonte Castle - Olvera
San Marcos Castle - El Puerto de Santa Maria
Doña Blanca Castle - El Puerto de Santa Maria
De la Polvora Castle/Batería la Laja - El Puerto de Santa Maria

Setenil de las Bodegas
Matagorda Castle - Puerto Real
Matrera Castle - Villamartin
San Romualdo Castle - San Fernando
Santiago Castle - Sanlucar de Barrameda
Carteia Castle - San Roque
Setenil de las Bodegas Castle - Setenil de las Bodegas
Torre - Alhaquime Castle - Torre-Alhaquime
Santa Catalina Castle - Tarifa
Santa Catalina Castle - El Puerto de Santa Maria
Trebujena Castle - Trebujena
Castillo de Fatima - Ubrique
Vejer de la Frontera Castle - Vejer de la Frontera
Luna Castle - Rota
Zahara de la Sierra Castle - Zahara de la Sierra

If you're wondering why one photo has a border and the others don't, so am I. I can't sort it (beyond my technical capabilities and now patience) so have just gone with it, annoying as it is.

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