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Southeast of Spain
Granted, we’re only covering Murcia and the Calpe area. So many things to see, and there is always a reason to come back, cafe cortado not being the last… Murcia Murcia is a sleepy town situated south of Alicante. It certainly does not draw the enormous of tourists like Barcelona, and that was somewhat refreshing…
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Granada, Spain
Granada… pearl of the South… But nobody knows how the original name, in Arabic غرناطة, came from. Of course, the big eye catcher is El Alhambra. Despite this, this town feels way more at ease then it’s western neighbor, Sevilla. Spontaneous displays of guitar playing and flamenco dancing can be witnessed, even on hot summer…
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Sevilla, Spain
Old Town Sevilla almost feels like a city within a city. Once you settle there, you don’t want to leave old town. Everything is in walking distance, from the one hidden square to the next little church. And if walking is getting a bit too much, ice cream and coffee is served anywhere. Walking through…
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Cádiz, Spain
Cádiz… beautiful cool town next to the Atlantic Ocean… This town had a much welcomed drop in temperature after warm days in Córdoba and a hot arrival in Sevilla. Let’s start our walking tour through this most charming city, shall we? The official flag of Andalusia was hoisted here for the first time in 1936.…
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Córdoba, Spain
Ah, Córdoba… Where three different religions come together in most astounding ways. Home of one so many beautiful Moorish monuments! But lets start with something even older. The old Roman bridge, known as Puente Romano is one of the oldest and best preserved bridges from Roman times. It was built originally built in the early…
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Spain: Mr Quixotes Stomping Grounds
There was a time that I went to this country almost every year. Of course, that was to a beach resort town on one those costas on the east coast of Spain. Later, I visited Madrid and Barcelona a couple of times. I jumped at the opportunity when close family decided to spend some time…
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Barcelona
Barcelona…. once considered a sleepy industrial outpost on the Mediterranean Sea, reinvented itself thanks to the Olympic Games in ’92. Old buildings designed by Gaudi were cleaned up. The subway system was modernized. And what a cosmopolitan city it has become! Plaça Catalunya We start our tour at the heart of Catalunya, the so-called ‘autonomous…