Day 07: Amposta to Tortosa
Day 07: Amposta to Tortosa
| Date | 30 Jun 2025 ( Monday ) |
| Today's Distance: | 11 miles / 18 km |
| Total This Camino: | 37 miles |
| Total All Caminos: | 1657 miles |
| Route and Stats | |
| Lodging (Deb & I): | € 65 @ Hotel Tortosa Parc |
| Total Lodging: | $ 318 |
| Total Airplane(s): | $ 1360 |
| Travel Insurance (Larry): | $ 360 |
| Buses / Trains / Taxis (Deb & I): | |
| Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: | $ 205 |
| Food (Deb & I) : | € 40 |
| Total Food: | $ 392 |
On the Road
5:00 a.m. Wake up
6:00 a.m. On the road after breakfast in the albergue
6:50 a.m. Sun breaks the Horizon
8:20 a.m. About halfway so been walking about 5 miles now.
11:40 a.m. Arrive at the Hotel Parc in Tortosa
12:00 p.m. Can't check in until 1:30. We are early. Deb and I went down to the street and stopped at bar La Torre. Cold agua con gas apiece and a pastry for me. I learned that "Cabello de Ángel" is a pastry filler, local to this area. It was really good.
11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
- Visited the public market
- Strolled around the City main park
- Walked along the river
- Completed our shopping for tomorrow's 's hiking foods.
Meaningful Moment
Making it into Tortosa. After hiking all morning with Deb, it was nice to just walk around the town with her while we were waiting to check in. After a strenuous hike, once again because of heat and because the distance was longer than we've done before this time, it was fun to just explore the city. We were absolutely tired and sore and very sweaty, but we made the most of it.
Random Thought of the Day
Good hike for most of the day as there was much more shade from trees than on earlier days. It was very hot towards the end but we kept on trucking and made it in by 11:30.
Been consistently worried about the distance tomorrow to our rest stop. But today I noticed that I feel better than in previous days. Perhaps it's a little bit of becoming accustomed to the heat mixed with getting in sync with the time zone difference.
Talked it over with Deb and the early starts are critical to success in the later hours of the morning. Definitely need to plan our days so that we are done hiking by noon.
Tomorrow we are going to try getting up at 4:30 for a 5:30 start. This will be a half hour earlier than we have been doing. We hope that with that extra 30 minutes, we could cover an additional mile and a half.
Association albergue, Amposta
Sunrise outside of Amposta
Following the canal
Walking along the Canal de la Dreta del l'Ebre at breaking dawn
Rest stop - abandoned structure
Fixing my shoes and socks
Tunnel under the highway
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The Rio Ebro flows through Tortosa.
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View of the Serres de Pandols-Cavalls mountains over the Rio Ebro from Tortosa. In 2 days we make the crossing.
Agua con gas when the temperature is 95
Main Park of Tortosa
Tortosa public market
Cathedral of Tortosa
Tomas with tomato and onions, albóndigas ( meatballs ) in curry sauce, and patatas bravas ( friendly fried with a Russian dressing cover )
Historic party of town
Franco originated monument commemorating a nationalist victory over the democratic Republican government
Our hotel for the night.
The 24-hour desk staff was very nice about storing our foods in the hotel, refrigerator and freezer.
I don't see any boats or swimmers in water??
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