Spain is one of the last remaining refuges of the European wolf. Until the early 1970s the wolf was ‘officially’ considered as a pest in Spain, and the government paid out bounties for dead wolves and distributed strychnine to landowners and peasants. At the time, many saw the wolf as a mark of a Third [...]
There are many fabulous dishes which are typical of the Cantabria region of Spain. The climatic conditions and the livestock farming reputation along with the fact that it is a coastal region give rise to tasty meat and fish dishes. Some typical dishes of Cantabria are: cocido montañés (Highlander stew) made with beans and collard [...]
Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain. It includes the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz which are, respectively, the largest and second-largest provinces of Spain. Extremadura borders Portugal to the west, and it is an important area for wildlife, particularly with the nature reserve at Monfragüe, or the project of International Tagus River National [...]
Ronda is a Spanish town around 100km from the city of Malaga in Andalucia with a population of just over 35,000 inhabitants. The Ronda area is very mountainous and the town clings to the cliff faces of the Rio Guadalevin gorge, which slices the town in two. It is often said that this town (and [...]
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 [...]
Aragon is an autonomous community of north-eastern Spain comprised of the provinces of Zaragoza Huesca, and Teruel which together cover an area of 47,719 km². Aragon’s population of 1.2M is of a low density and therefore there are large, almost deserted spaces. More than half the population live in the capital, Zaragoza (or in English: [...]
