This is Velliza !!!

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We are back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see new areas and old repeat with some of them as introduction to my sons and our dog Rex ! I rented a small house in a off the beaten path country town that was just perfect ! I like to start this new road warrior adventure in my blog with the post, this is Velliza !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Velliza ch arriving on V 5806 to apart atelier jun24

We came down quickly on the N165 to Nantes and there took the A10 towards Bordeaux and then the A63 towards Spain passing by Irun and San Sebastian, cutting into Vitoria Gazteiz (castle) and continuing towards Burgos and Valladolid to arrive at pleasantly small Velliza on the VP 5806 county road. We put gas/petrol just once at Saint Jean de Luz A63 exit/sortie 3 into 1 avenida de Lahanchipia, Leclerc supermarket for cheaper gas at 1.64 per liter….

Saint Jean de Luz road leclerc gas jun24

And got into our Atelier apart house at Calle Humilladero 7, (pic below from house) Oh yes as usual by me, the town of Velliza is in the province of Valladolid, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y Léon, only 24 km from Valladolid, 10 km of Tordesillas, 5 km from Simancas, 43 km from Medina del Campo ,and 199 km from Madrid. Stay tune for more on these towns later.  

Velliza atelier apart house rental 10-15 june jun24

Velliza has a couple of nice places to see and walk its old streets with the mountain facing us all the town and wonderful views from our house upper sun deck! And yes for the finance person like me Velliza is 1081 km from home done in 12h30 hrs stopping for gas, food and Rex! Tolls were 58.72 euros one way down. The Spanish border is 730 km from my house! And we did found a nice grocery store about 6 km from the rental house Agropal good stuff great prices! in the limits of the town of Simancas.

The Church of San Millán: dominating the urban center of the town, as it is installed on a small hill, superb stone building of three naves built between the 16C and 18C. The main chapel has a polygonal plant with five wall canvases and is covered with a flat crossing vault. The main altarpiece, from the first quarter of the 17C, is an altarpiece that has two bodies, three panels, two side ones and attic, with overlap of Tuscan and Corinthian styles. The attic is a box topped with a pediment, with lateral alletes decorated with diamond tips and flanked by balls. The friezes of the upper body are decorated with vegetables motifs. 

Velliza ch San Millan side entr jun24

Also see the Ermita del Cristo del Humilladero. 

Velliza Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Perales front jun24

It would not be ventured to think that a few years before or after the battle of Simancas (August 6, 939) these peoples were created (or Christian hands were passed, already pre -existing, of Visigothic or Islamic origin) of the Tordesillas area, Like Velliza was in its origins owned by the King of León. It was nestled in the jurisdiction of Tordesillas and belonged to it until 1270, when Alfonso X granted it to a gentleman of his trust,

The town of Velliza on its heritage ; https://velliza.ayuntamientosdevalladolid.es/fr/el-municipio/de-interes-turistico

The official Casa Rural Atelier of Velliza: https://www.atelierapartamentorural.es/

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Velliza is nice, a new spot in my world and love it ! We will be back, eventually, Very convenient on off the A62 A6 highways connecting to all of Castilla y Léon and Comunidad de Madrid regions, Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is Velliza as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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