While everybody's winters may not have been a painstaking and heart wrenching experience it still doesn't distract from the fact that Spain has always provided us with an opportunity to escape our lives at home and become a much more cheery person. As England fans recently waited to hear the news to see if Everton's talented midfielder Mikel Arteta would be legible to play for the country rather than his native Spain, I'm sure the man himself was...more
If you are visiting Spain in a small group, there is a suggestion; you can make your trip tailor made. There are many tour operators spread over Spain who would be of great help in arranging such tailor made tour programs. One suggestion is that you can hire a taxi or hire a driver through one of the reputed tour operators. This arrangement has several advantages. You can arrange the tour according to your requirement. Language will not be a...more
Thanks to the increase in the amount of cheap flights to destination within Europe, it has never been easier to get over to Spain. Every day scores of planes touch down in the country, carrying people who have come over on business, for holidays and of course those people who live in the country.Spain is a wonderful place and it is not hard to see why this sun drenched country has been a popular spot for tourists travelling over from Britain for decades. It is also a hugely popular place for Brits to buy a holiday home which they can then retire to when they have finished their careers in the UK and are ready for a taste of the good life in the sun.If you do have family or friends who have emigrated to Spain then you will want to keep in touch with them as often as you can. Thankfully that has become an awful lot easier with the growth of online parcel delivery services. It is now cheaper and more convenient than ever to get consignments over to Spain, whether you are sending goods to a business partner in Andalucia or a relative in Madrid.If you have visited Spain before, but never sent a package over to the country then don't worry, as is really isn't that...more
A trip to Granada and its vicinity, hundreds of kilometers into the interior of the famous Costa del Sol (Sunshine Coast), completes the experience of visiting Spain.This is a place that opens up for lovers of poetry the possibility of visiting Fuentevaquerosu, the village where Frederico Garcia Lorca was born. Then there is Viznaru, the place...more
The Kingdom of Spain has seventeen autonomous communities and one of the most eminent is Catalonia (Spanish: Catalua)This area covers more than 32 thousand square kilometers of Spain and has a population of more than 7.5 million people. Barcelona is its capital city and it lies between France and Andora; Mediterranean Sea and Valencian Community....more
About Antoni GaudiAntoni Gaudi (Antoni Gaudi i Cornet) was a Catalan architect famous for his unique style and highly individualistic designs.Gaudi was born in the small town of Reus, the province of Taragon (Spain) in 1852. The towns Riudoms and Reus are now competing about his place of birth, although most of his biographers believe that he was born in Reus. His parents were Francesc Serra and Antonio Gaudi Cornet Bertran.Gaudi was the youngest of five children and since early days he was sick with rheumatism. Most often due to pain he could not walk, so he had to ride a donkey.Gaudi was not among the best students, but he showed a particular interest in geometry. Gaudi studied architecture at the Higher Technical School of Architecture (Tcnica La Escuela Superior de Arquitectura) in Barcelona from 1873 till 1877.Casa MilaCasa Mila is popularly known as La Pedrera (since people call it "quarry"). It was designed by Antoni Gaudi. It was built between 1906 and 1910. The style of the building is Catalan modernism. It is located on Paseo de Grasija (Catalan Passeig de Gràcia) in the center of Barcelona. A wealthy man, Pedro Mila was impressed by the Casa...more
Majorca is one of the Balearic Islands. It is a favorite destination for trendsetters. It offers a combination of today's civilization and long history of ten centuries, vast pine forests and rocky beaches to the west, beautiful bays on...more
About BarcelonaBarcelona is the capital of the Catalonian province. It is located along the Mediterranean Sea and is also the second largest city in Spain. It consists of ten districts.Besides having a very important architectural...more
Menorca is the least crowded of the three main islands of the Balearic Islands, maintaining the balance between preservation and development of environmental tourism. This is a small island but it has many attractions.Numerous...more
A city of Andalusia, Cordoba is filled with marvelous works of architecture. Many of the heritage buildings are found in Cordoba. Apart from historical buildings, the city has many parks and museums which attract large number of...more
Thanks to the increase in the amount of cheap flights to destination within Europe, it has never been easier to get over to Spain. Every day scores of planes touch down in the country, carrying people who have come over on business, for holidays and...more
Position and climatePuerto de Mogan is situated on the southwest coast of the island of Gran Canaria. This picturesque fishing village is said to have the best climate in the world. In the winter, daylight hours are longer than those in Europe and...more