I made an early start from Ulldecona on yet another beautiful morning. The stage began with a steep climb up through a ravine to the top of the mountains facing the Mediterranean Sea overlooking the Ebro delta.

The source of the river Ebro is in the autonomous community of Cantabria in the far northwest of Spain and it mouths right here in the province of Tarragona, forming a wide delta. This delta provides a habitat for many different types of birds and amphibians and is also a very popular recreational area for everything from bird watching to kite surfing, and it is world famous for its large-scale rice production. Yep, Spain is a major rice exporter. The sediment that the river carries in its flow is set off just outside the mouth of the delta forming a big sand island with a strange shape. The views from up the mountain are breathtaking and very hard to take ones eyes off.

My resting place for the day was a business hotel in the center of Amposta just a few hundred meters from the river Ebro that runs through the city.