Posts Tagged ‘sports’

Football in Spain: FC Barcelona

By english • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: Sports & Health

Do you like football? Then Spain is the right place for you. Learn more about one of the most famous football teams.
In few places in the world will you find a city whose existence is so closely related to its football team as you will in Barcelona, Spain. Everywhere you go you’ll see the team […]



Winter sports with coastal sunshine: The Sierra Nevada in Spain

By english • Feb 20th, 2009 • Category: Nature

South of Granada and only about 40km (25 miles) from the coast, is the upland area of the Sierra Nevada, a mountain range running roughly east to west. It contains the highest peaks in Iberia; one of these, the Pico de Veleta (over 3400m/11,155ft), is accessible for most of its height by road and coach […]



How Costa Blanca is Putting the Spa in Spain

By admin • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Sports & Health

Bea Geenen can recommend a great way to start the day. It involves covering herself - and her husband, if he’s handy - in mud, then steam-blasting it off. A close second is wrapping herself in algae and sweating it out beneath a hot blanket. Then she heads off to work.
“It’s a fantastic way to […]



Sports in Spain

By english • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Discover Spain

since the early 20th century. Basketball, tennis, cycling, handball, motorcycling and, lately, Formula 1 are also important due to presence of Spanish champions in all these disciplines. Today, Spain is a major world sports power, especially since the 1992 Summer Olympics that were hosted in Barcelona and promoted a great variety of sports in […]