San Sebastián (25 to 29 July 2023)
Julie spent a couple of nights in San Sebastián about 30 years ago. It was early spring and she remembers three things: the rain, the beautiful beach empty in the rain and the pintxo bars…
View PostJulie spent a couple of nights in San Sebastián about 30 years ago. It was early spring and she remembers three things: the rain, the beautiful beach empty in the rain and the pintxo bars…
View PostThis wasn’t a ‘hike’ so much as a ramble around a gourmet’s paradise. It started in the lovely little town of Aracena, just over an hour’s drive from Seville up into the Aracena sierras. A 13th…
View PostAfter fish ‘n chips and pints of lager with the monkeys in Gibraltar, we continued our loop around Andalusia. Cadiz Sometimes our travel decisions are based more on a whim than solid research. In…
View PostAs the road from Malaga to Gibraltar snakes around the coast, the green hills rolling down to the sea are pock-marked with high density resort and townhouse developments. Not actually near the sea, and often…
View PostFrom Madrid we headed south for a loop around Andalusia. Cordoba Cordoba rose to prominence as a key centre of the Islamic dynasty which controlled the Iberian peninsula in the 700s. By the 900s it…
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