For most of its life it was a sleepy fishing village but now it’s a growing cosmopolitan seaside destination. But is it still worth a visit? My grandfather bought his holiday home in Nerja about 25 years ago, when I […]
In the ancient mountains around Teruel sits a tiny medieval village beautifully unafraid to show its age. Polished and prettified medieval villages are a dime a dozen in Spain. Clinging along a craggy thrust of rock wrapped by the clear […]
Behind me, the kaleidoscopic arcs of kites soar and dip in the wind, teased by the skilled hands of kite-boarders as they hurtle across the water’s surface. The same wind is whistling around my ears and creating mad woman’s hair […]
First Impressions Banana plants; palm trees; laurel trees; bougainvillea; frangipani…like Alice in Wonderland after a swig of the ‘Drink Me’ bottle, they all grow at an alarming rate in Puerto de la Cruz giving it a lush, tropical identity that […]
Pretty mountain towns flank the largest natural park in Spain Created in 1989 the Parque Natural de las Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas is Spain’s largest natural park. With 23 picturesque villages and a staggering 214,336 hectares of […]
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