Known in the Middle Ages as the ‘City of Three Cultures’, Toledo is a place where Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities peacefully coexisted. This unique cultural synthesis is modern Toledo’s biggest attraction – the city has an architectural offering that few can...
Spain is famous for many things, and tapas are among the most delightful. It’s not just the diversity of this miniature cuisine, but also the culture of going de tapeo – wandering from bar to bar on a balmy night with friends and family, and enjoying drinks, great...
The tiny village of El Rocío in the southwestern province of Huelva, with its wide, sandy streets lined with impressive houses complete with broad verandas and wooden rails for tying up horses, appears to be something from the Wild West. But El Rocío is no ghost town...
The region of Murcia in eastern Spain is most often visited for its golden beaches and perfect-all-year climate, but that’s not its only attraction. It also boasts beautiful nature parks, charming traditional villages, excellent cuisine based on locally grown...
For most people, the mention of Spain calls to mind images of medieval castles and sun-soaked beaches, golden paella and cool red sangria, bullfights and flamenco dancing – and these images are probably accompanied by the passionate strumming of Spanish guitar music....
Bilbao, the largest city of the Basque Country, may not stun you on first impression – but give it some time and it will prove that physical beauty is only skin deep. The real charm of this former industrial hub is in its quirky yet down-to-earth character, which is...
Bicycles may not be the first thing that comes to mind when we think of Madrid – lots of hills and long distances suggest other options for moving around the Spanish capital. But for die-hard cyclists (and nowadays, for less die-hard electric cyclists) the time and...
Drinking coffee in Spain is so much a part of daily life that most Spaniards do it almost unconsciously. And coffee reaches well beyond the first groggy hour of the morning – it is just as welcome before breakfast as it is after dinner (and anytime in between). In...
Jerez de la Frontera, located in the Cadiz region of southwestern Spain, is a picturesque city surrounded by sprawling fertile land. This has provided the ideal conditions for two things the region is most famous for: vineyards and horses. Add the third – flamenco –...
This fall 2017, visitors to Madrid will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see great works by two of Europe’s most widely revered modern painters: Pablo Picasso and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The Picasso / Lautrec exhibition highlights and analyses the close...
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