Tag: Historic Landmarks
Costa del Sol travel guide - Picasso’s Málaga, Marbella’s old town and white villages above the sea
Twenty minutes after you leave the arrivals hall, you can be eating sardines grilled on a fishing boat, with your feet in the sand.The...
The best of the Costa Brava - Dalí’s Figueres, medieval Tossa and coves along the Camí de Ronda
A journalist named this coast in 1908, and he chose the Catalan word for "wild". Stand on a cliff above a turquoise cove and...
Visiting Chichén Itzá - El Castillo, the Sacred Cenote and how to beat the tour buses
Ninety-one steps on each of the four sides, plus one platform at the top. Add them up and you get the number of days...
Mallorca beyond the beach - Gothic Palma, Tramuntana villages and the Caves of Drach
Think this island is all package hotels and pool bars? Look past the resort strips and you'll find a UNESCO-listed mountain range, a Gothic...
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...
The story of Casa Amatller - A chocolate fortune, a Flemish gable and a home frozen in 1900
Next door, the crowds queue for a dragon. Here, a chocolate maker's family left their slippers, cameras and teacups exactly where they were.Casa Amatller...