Tag: City Guides
Why visit Lloret de Mar? Clifftop gardens, quiet coves and a coastal path to Tossa
Its reputation usually arrives before you do. Then you find Renaissance gardens on the cliffs, a castle above the waves and a cove that...
What to see in Seville - The Alcázar, Plaza de España and a night of flamenco in Triana
In spring, the whole city smells of orange blossom. Locals call it azahar, and once you have walked under it at dusk, you will...
Santa Cruz de la Palma, La Palma’s Renaissance capital - Wooden balconies, a replica of Columbus’s ship and black-sand beaches
Five centuries ago this harbour was one of the busiest in the Spanish Empire. Today you can walk its main street in twenty minutes...
A weekend in Girona - Cathedral steps, the old Jewish quarter and a walk along the city walls
By day it's a quiet university town where people cycle along the river. By evening the arcades fill with locals, wine glasses and the...
Alicante - Your base for castle views, Tabarca boat trips and Costa Blanca beaches
Land at lunchtime and by mid-afternoon you can be eating rice on a palm-lined promenade, with a Moorish fortress watching from the rock above.Alicante...
Madrid, Spain’s capital of art and late nights - A royal palace, three great museums and tapas till midnight
Here, dinner rarely starts before 9pm and the streets are still buzzing long after midnight. Adjust to Madrid's body clock and the city will...