Today we decided to take a hike up to the Cabezo Maria hermitage in Antas.
It's the famous hermitage that you can see on top of the hill outside Antas from miles around..
The hill is actually the remains of the central lava column of an ancient volcano. Local legend says there has been a shrine up there since the early 15th century.
The walk up to the top is not an easy climb and you must ensure you're steady on your feet as it's quite steep in places..
Once you reach the top you are met with a very pretty building which was totally rebuilt in 2011 which saw it's reopening on 12th August 2012. A statue of the Virgin Mary was carried up and the local bishop scattered holy water around.
The building has been beautifully restored and the views you are rewarded with once you have tackled the climb are well worth it....You can see all the way to the blue Mediterranean sea..
Of course you should never go anywhere without a flask and some homemade fruitcake so we took a well appreciated stop at the summit to devour this before we decided to make our way back down..
As the sun started to get lower in the sky we started the decent...I make it sound as if we had scaled Everest don't I....but it is about 225 metres high!!
So all in all we had a great afternoon...the weather was clear and crisp and the sun was shining..and the skies were SO blue. One thing we always notice when we are here in Spain is how clean the air quality is so everything seems to be more vivid..it just 'pops'!
All that was left to do was to take the obligatory 'selfie' to commemorate this momentus ascent!
Until the next time....Hasta luego! x
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