One reason for Barcelona’s continued survival and growth is its climate, which is temperate year round, boasting warm, sunny and relatively dry summers and mild winters. Another is its beautiful natural harbor, now one of the chief European ports on the Mediterranean. The city and its environs offer miles of glorious beaches that beckon travelers from all over the world, yet it is only a two-hour drive from the ski Read More ...
Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies or Santa Ana: built in the early eighteenth century, the small church has a nave with an armor ridge-pole, which becomes the main chapel in groin vault. Much restored, it retains a merit dress sculpture of the Virgin of Remedies XVIII. Ermita de la Virgen de la Pena: this is a cave hermitage carved into the rock by a Carmelite brother between 1656 and Read More ...
A busy programme is lined up for this year’s Madrid’s Jazz Festival (2 November – 4 December), now in its 18th year. Spain-holiday.com have some packages avaiable. There’s something for every taste, from the Canary Islands’ Timple Orchestra to the Cowboy Junkies, a Canadian blues/folk/rock band. Enjoy a long weekend away, staying right in the centre of Madrid in this stylish penthouse apartment property (property ref – 6493) with views Read More ...
The opening of the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum will give renewed momentum to the area that has not been seen since the opening of the Picasso Museum some seven years ago and being located within the 16th century Villalon Palace. Pablo Picasso was born and lived at one time in Malaga and that is an often overlooked fact therefore it was just that the Picasso Museum opened here and the artistic Read More ...
Travelers wishing to hire transport from Malaga airport to another destination on the Costa del Sol have a couple of options apart from the usual car hire, and it’s a good idea to check them out before you get there, especially if you don’t speak or read Spanish. Since the majority of British tourists fall into this category, a few tips might be helpful. The local taxis are white, and Read More ...
An Advertorial Feature Why not tour Spain in the footsteps of Harrison Ford, Pierce Brosnan and Peter O’Toole? Compare flights to Spain and jet off to begin your very own saga. Indiana Jones In Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade, Indie asserts that the Holy Grail is in a ‘canyon of the crescent moon’ near what is now ?skenderun. The Nazis remove the grail and offer valuables to the sultan of Read More ...
