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…
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Aracena Sierras walk, Spain (1 to 8 February 2019)
This 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 PostAndalusia – Part 2 (19 January to 1 February 2019)
After 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 PostGibraltar (17 to 19 January 2019)
As 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 PostAndalusia – Part 1 (11 to 17 January 2019)
From 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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