Lugo

Thursday 19th

We walked down to the Roman Baths under the Hotel Balneario y Termas de Lugo. This is near the bridge, built on Roman foundations, and Camino out of town. (A good coffee stop for those walking the Camino.) The overpowering sulphur smell of the baths will be remembered for a long time. The Roman baths themselves are fascinating.
There were frogs, dozens of them, among the weeds at the river side, but almost impossible to photograph. Then it was time to walk back up the hill again, another steep one!

In the afternoon we walked the 2kms right round the walls of Lugo.

This Casa Indianos near the hotel has not yet been repaired, many are very dilapidated while others have already been restored

The old wall at the rear of the Cathedral has re-used older stones, some of which are carved and some may even be Roman

The road and the Camino cross the bridge, which is built on Roman foundations with mediaeval piers

The Roman baths under the modern spa hotel

The yellow and green frogs can be seen if you look very carefully at the full size image

The footpath at the top of the Roman walls of Lugo, near the one remaining section of tower