There are cities that go unnoticed and others, on the contrary, leave a deep mark on the soul, difficult to forget. As far as I am particularly concerned, Castro Urdiales, that precious jewel of the Cantabrian Sea, is, without a doubt, one of those lucky and seductive cities, with which you fall in love as soon as you set foot in it and begin to get to know it.
Its promenade, its port, its medieval bridge -the same one, which, like an airon well, receives and sees the furious onslaught of the waters of a sea with character depart- its glorious Gothic architecture, home to a no less memorable miraculous Virgin, such as Santa María la Blanca and the traditional taverns, which welcome visitors under sublime arcades, are, metaphorically and comparatively speaking, like that siren song, difficult, if not impossible to resist.
Hay ciudades, que pasan inadvertidas y otras, por el contrario, dejan una profunda huella en el alma, difícil de olvidar. En lo que a mí particularmente respecta, Castro Urdiales, esa preciosa joya del Cantábrico, es, sin lugar a dudas, una de esas ciudades afortunadas y seductoras, de las que te enamoras apenas pones los pies en ella y comienzas a conocerla.
Su paseo marítimo, su puerto, su puente medieval -ese mismo, que, cual pozo airón, recibe y ve partir las furiosas embestidas de las aguas de un mar con carácter- su gloriosa arquitectura gótica, sede de una no menos memorable Virgen milagrera, como es Santa María la Blanca y las tascas tradicionales, que reciben al visitante amparadas por unos sublimes soportales, son, metafórica y comparativamente hablando, como ese canto de sirenas, difícil, cuando no imposible de resistir.
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This place is surely a nice place to be but I'm always scared of water...lol
The pictures are beautiful!
The sea is fascinating, but also scary when it wants to. Respecting it is a fundamental rule.