Tag: Mountains & Hiking
Tossa de Mar, Costa Brava - A walled old town, hidden coves and Chagall’s blue bay
In 1934 Marc Chagall spent a summer on this bay and called it his blue paradise. More than ninety years on, the water is...
How to visit the Caminito del Rey - Tickets, the shuttle bus and what to wear
A century ago, only power-station workers dared to cross these cliffs. Today, you can walk them with a helmet on and your heart in...
Altea, Spain - Things to do in the blue-domed artists’ village of the Costa Blanca
Look closely at the tiles on the church dome and you'll spot small dragons curling through the blue and white. Most people photograph it...
From Mijas Pueblo to La Cala - Whitewashed lanes, Picasso ceramics and a seaside boardwalk
What do an oval bullring, a chapel cut into a cliff and a ballerina carved from a toothpick have in common? They all sit...
Valldemossa day trip from Palma - Chopin’s monastery, cobbled lanes and Tramuntana views
In the winter of 1838, a sickly composer rented a monk's cell to escape Paris with the woman he loved. Almost two centuries later,...
11 things to do in Calpe, the Costa Blanca town at the foot of the Peñón de Ifach
Two thousand years ago, the Romans farmed fish in pools cut straight into the rock here. Today you can snorkel in them before lunch.Calpe...