We checked out of our hotel and took a taxi to Guillena. After a sleepless night, I realized that tacking on an additional 8 miles to the roughly 11 from Guillena to our destination of Castilblanco was impossible in my condition— and on the mostly bread and water or only water diet!
Guillena is a town of roughly 12,000 people. The houses are white-washed with broad mustard-yellow trims with iron grilles on the lower windows (a description of many of the houses we’ve been encountering)!
Guillena to Hotel Castillo Blanco
Distance 11.4 miles; elev. gain 1522 ft (AllTrails)
Except for a short final stretch on a path bordering a busy road, this was a quiet walk in the country—view back towards Seville, large olive plantations, some citrus, holm oaks, bamboo, palmettos and beautiful wild flowers (including rock roses and red poppies).
