Far more than just sun and sand, Gran Canaria boasts mountains, colonial villages and archaeological remains, Rupert Parker dons his boots to go hiking in Gran Canaria
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Majestic Hiking in Gran Canaria
22/06/2016 .
Touring Menorca by Bike
13/06/2016 .
Andy Mossack reports back on touring Menorca by bike with Freewheel Holidays.
Read the full story hereLas Colinas Golf and Country Club
12/04/2016 .
I think I’ve fallen in love. Ever since I picked up Aloha at Las Colinas Golf and Country Club she has been looking straight at me with those piercing eyes, her nails sharp as talons, gripping my arm like she’s never letting go. Her head cocked to one side trying to decide if I am worth the effort or not.
Read the full story hereBaqueira Beret. Seductive Spanish ski gem.
07/01/2016 .
Baqueira Beret is a Spanish ski gem in the heart of some of Europe’s most snow sure mountains and Isabel Conway reviews Spain’s premier ski resort.
Read the full story hereBarcelona Primavera Sound 2015 by Train
19/06/2015 .
Barcelona Primavera Sound is a fab festival in a city – and not just any city. Barcelona is home to everything from Gaudi’s architectural delights to stunning beaches to the world’s finest tapas. I usually fly to my favourite Spanish city, but on switching to the train I find it infinitely more relaxing.
Read the full story hereWalking the Camino de Santiago
30/01/2014 .
When I was walking the Camino de Santiago, my companion John was by all accounts not looking very well. To be fair, he had been walking solidly for the last two weeks and had completed nearly 500 kilometers. I suppose his generous girth and the fact that he had recently undergone bypass surgery didn’t help either.
Read the full story hereSeville. The perfect weekend break
16/01/2014 .
I was, it must be said, well within spitting distance. The front row of Cristina Hoyos’ School of Flamenco nightly show put me up close and very personal with two of the most intense flamenco dancers I have ever seen.
Read the full story hereSpanish Paradores: Hotels have never tasted so good.
01/11/2013This entry was posted in Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Spain and tagged best paradores, historic spanish hotels, paradores, spanish luxury hotels on .
It’s late morning in Galicia and the surrounding plains are pancake flat (something of a rarity in these parts it must be said), but dominating them is the towering visage of Monte de San Vicente.
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28/06/2013This entry was posted in Costa Brava, Europe and Middle East, Spain and tagged Golf in Spain, Golf on the Costa Brava on .
September 2008 was quite a special month for the Costa Brava. It was, no less, one hundred years old. Ferran Agullo wrote an article in the esteemed Catalan newspaper La Veu de Catalunya in September 1908, where he described the ‘rugged coastline’ around Girona as the Costa Brava which is Catalan and Spanish for you know what.
Read the full story hereFuertenventura. Small but deliciously formed.
08/06/2013This entry was posted in Canary Islands, Europe and Middle East, Spain and tagged Canary Islands, Fuertenventura, Guide to Fuertenventura on .
Fuerteventura is the second largest island after Tenerife, and with only 60 miles separating the Punta de la Entallada on its east coast from Cape Juby in Morocco it enjoys something like three thousand hours of sunshine a year.
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