Tag: Day Trips
Santa Pola, Spain - Things to do in the Costa Blanca fishing town facing Tabarca Island
Five centuries ago, a stone fortress here watched the horizon for Berber pirates. Today it watches fishing boats bring in red prawns at sunset.Santa...
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...
Visiting Montserrat Monastery - The rack railway, the Black Madonna and the boys’ choir
Legend says angels carved these mountains with a golden saw. Stand beneath the rock pinnacles in the morning light, and you might start to...
First time in Nerja? The Balcón de Europa, a cave of giant columns and coves below the Maro cliffs
In January 1959, five young men went hunting for bats in a sinkhole above the sea. What they found underground still makes visitors stop...
Are the caves in Mallorca worth it? Drach’s lake concert, Artà’s giant columns and how to plan your visit
Most visitors join the morning crowd at one famous cave, snap a blurry photo and head back to the beach. The island has five...
Puerto del Rosario - Is Fuerteventura’s capital worth a visit?
Most holidaymakers only ever see this town through the window of an airport transfer coach. Give it a slow morning instead, and you may...