Author: Delanie

Delanie is a Content Strategist at Geocaching HQ. In her free time, she is most likely to be knitting, pining after Mt. Rainier, or trying to revive her over-watered succulents.
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Spain’s Treasure of the Temple Knights GeoTour (GT8C)

Geocache your way to find the “Treasure of the Temple Knights” (El Tesoro de los Templarios) in the Saja and Nansa valleys of Cantabria, Spain! Launching September 2018, Spain’s very first GeoTour (GT8C) will have 148 geocaches along the Iberian peninsula hidden in tribute to the 148 treasures placed by the Order of the Temple Knights. This may be the earliest reference to history’s first geocachers! Visitors will enjoy countryside tourism and a thrilling array of responsible adventure sports over the valleys’ 1,000 km² (386 mi²) of mountain ranges, national parks, and coastal scenery.

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Image by asterix77777
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ANTARES – Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC2MFZN
by omabande
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
1
Location:
Egypt
N 25° 31.868 E 034° 38.471

Every hundred years (give or take a decade), a message in a bottle washes ashore from the sea, its origin often mysterious and the contents weathered. It is rare that such a vessel takes the form of a curiously vacant yacht marooned for years. This led a resourceful cache owner to place a container within, creating a bottle big enough to search inside for this Geocache of the Week!
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Great Kaskaskia Dragon — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GCHWFZ
by Barronvondobbin
Difficulty:
1.5
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Illinois, USA
N 38° 58.467 W 089° 07.191

As the quest for thirteen legendary Hidden Creatures enters its final phase, we search the world for the last of the elusive beings. There is quite a stir in the midwest region of the United States where a dragon, who once devoured maidens and guarded his treasure-filled cave, now watches over a sacred Traditional Cache. He may even be a distant cousin of this summer’s infamous dragon and could hold the key to finding more creatures of lore.

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Jardin du Tripot — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC5G0BH
by scrouny
Difficulty:
1.5
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Basse-Normandie, France
N 49° 25.128 E 000° 13.967

In the heart of Normandy, overlooking the southern bank of the Seine, lies the small medieval town of Honfleur. Its history can be traced back to 1027 in a letter from Richard III, Duke of Normandy. The past has been preserved with the landmarks of its rich history, including a converted garden atop a retired tannery with commissioned art pieces and a hidden logbook for this Geocache of the Week! Continue reading →