Tag: City Guides
Why visit Elche? Palm groves, a medieval mystery play and three UNESCO treasures
More than 200,000 date palms grow inside one Spanish city, and one of them has seven arms. The rest of the town is just...
Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife - Old town, Manrique’s sea pools and the island’s greenest coast
Some 150 years ago, British doctors sent their patients here for the sea air and the mild winters. Today the same Atlantic breeze cools...
Tarragona, Spain’s Roman city by the sea - Tarraco, the Part Alta and Costa Daurada beaches
Two thousand years ago, chariots thundered round a track here in front of 30,000 roaring spectators. Today the same vaults hold up wine bars,...
What to do in Palma de Mallorca? Cathedral mornings, castle views and tapas nights
Plenty of people land at the airport, pick up a hire car and head straight for the beaches. On the way they drive past...
Is Malaga worth visiting? Picasso, a Moorish fortress and tapas by the sea
Twenty minutes after landing, you can be sipping sweet wine straight from the barrel in a bar that has been pouring it since 1840.Malaga...
What to see in Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Plazas, Calatrava’s auditorium and a beach of Saharan sand
Most holidaymakers only see this city through a coach window on the way to the volcano. They miss the island's best tapas bars, its...