The Spanish town of Salamanca can be found in the province of Castilla y Leon. In the mid west of the country, and just one hours drive from the border with Portugal, it is a town that has 165,000 residents with a climate varying from cold and susceptible to rain showers in the winter months [...]
With the best beaches on Lanzarote, a wonderful microclimate and an idyllic location right on the coast, seemingly within touching distance of near neighbour Fuerteventura, Playa Blanca boasts all of the right ingredients for an ideal holiday in the Spanish sunshine. Lanzarote´s fastest growing resort takes its name from the small white sand beach that [...]
The historically rich city of Toledo in Spain with a population of less than 500,000 is the capital of the province bearing the same name and covers an area of over 15,000 km², bordering the river Tagus on both its banks. To the north-east of the city a series of stunning mountain ranges watch over [...]
Altea is located just 10 minutes (about 7km) away from Benidorm on the Costa Blanca and was once know as the ‘hippy centre’ of the area as large numbers of artists and musicians often visited and then proceeded to stay for quite some time. There has been a surge in construction in Altea in recent [...]
The 250-kilometre coastline which borders the province of Murcia in south east Spain is also known as the Costa Calida. The world famous La Manga Club is located here, boasting some of the top sports and leisure facilities of any self-contained tourist complex in Europe. The Costa Calida also encompasses one of the finest coastal [...]
Catalonia is an Autonomous Community of Spain, with the status of historical region, the capital of which is Barcelona. The region covers an area of 32,114 km² and forms borders with Valencia to the south, Aragon to the west, France and Andorra to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east and southeast. Immigrants [...]
The popular destination of Lanzarote in the Canaries is an ideal year round holiday choice as the sun rarely stops shining on this small speck of Spain, which is located off the coast of the Western Sahara, with the mercury reaching 20 Celsius even during the depths of winter. As a result this small volcanic [...]
Ninety plus beaches. Year round sunshine. A surreal volcanic terrain. It´s little wonder that Lanzarote, the most easterly of the Canary Islands is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Spain. Attracting around 1.5 million visitors every year. Tourism first took off on the island back in the 1970´s. As General Franco sought to [...]
The small village of Frigiliana located to the east of the Malaga region in Axaquia has a population of around 2,690 people and sits 435m above sea level in the area between the Montes de Malaga and the Mediterranean Sea. It is just a short, 56km drive from the main airport of the region in [...]
Cantabria is an autonomous community of Spain, containing one province (also called Cantabria) with Santander functioning as its capital city. It borders the Basque Country on the east, Castile and León to the south, Asturias to the west and the Cantabrian Sea to the north. Cantabria has a surface area of 5.300 km² and shares [...]
