Girona and the “Dali Triangle” are destinations known to the lucky few who travel Spain. This area in Catalonia is one of the undiscovered gems of Spain. Girona is about 100 km from Barcelona, but no one who chooses to travel Spain should miss this lovely area. Easily accessible by train, bus or even automobile […]
Spain, with its myriad of influences and epic history, is a country with a diverse gamut of sights and sounds to offer its 45 million tourists who visit every year. An area where this can be seen in particular is in its museums and galleries, a rich history of art and culture has left Spain […]
The Reina Sofía National Art Centre in Madrid hosts this exceptional exhibition that presents, for the first time, a large part of the collection from the Picasso National Museum in Paris.
More than 400 works by prestigious artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso make up this magnificent exhibition. Around 140 paintings, 10 papier collés, almost 70 sculptures, 9 […]
The city of Valencia hosts the World Indoor Athletics Championships 2008.
This competition is held every two years and is one of the most important dates on the international athletics calendar. More than 600 athletes from 130 countries are expected to arrive in Valencia to take part in this major sporting event, where spectacle, excitement and […]
The Alhambra is touted by many as being the best preserved example of a Moorish palace in Europe. Located in the Andalusian city of Grenada the ancient fortress is undoubtedly the city’s most famous site. The name Alhambra translates as “Red Castle” in Arabic and was described by Moorish poets as “a pearl set in […]
“The Road Goes Ever On and On…Down to the Door Where It Began”. So wrote J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of “The Lord Of the Rings”. My family lives in Middle-Earth; around here it’s called Asturias. Surrounded by green mountains and rolling hills, the landscape bears strong resemblance to the descriptions found in Tolkien’s works. Located on […]
The Rias Altas located in Spain are part of a group of larger formations spread within the coast of Galicia, conformed by the Rias Altas and the Rias Bajas. The Rias are estuaries origin when sea levels rise as well as they can be created by other geographical factors. The rias in Galicia where formed […]
A recent culinary ‘congress’ in Madrid grouped the crème-de-la-crème of Spanish cooks in one kitchen.
Spain’s famous El Bulli restaurant is no longer the best in the world. But a small group of daring Spanish chefs has made their country the centre of the culinary zeitgeist, leaving France behind. There are some characters that have put […]