Archive for February, 2010
If exploring battle sites of the Peninsular War is your thing
this site gives a comprehensive and well written treatment of the different places involved with maps included.
Spanish travel stories | Tags: The Peninsular War in Aragon|
According to El País, La Alhambra in Granada has been named the most popular tourist attraction in 2009, beating the Sagrada Familia into second place and El Prado, third.
Spanish travel stories | |
The relentless spread of English bars in coastal resorts is eroding Spain’s attraction as a holiday destination because Britons no longer consider it foreign enough.
The Times. Picked up on
Notes from Spain here who note it says a lot more about the Brits (who aren’t aware of strange out-of-the-way places like, say Madrid) than Spain…
Spanish travel stories | Tags: British tourists in Spain|
Sandi Toksvig talks here on the BBC’s Excess Baggage Paddy Woodworth to find out how the darker side of the Basque country, separatist terrorism, has affected the tourist trade.
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Spain: outdoor pursuits | Tags: BBC Radio programmes about Spain, Paddy Woodworth on the Basque Country, Travelling in the Basque Country|
Sandi Toksvig talks here on the BBC’s Excess Baggage to two Hispanophile and an Extremaduran about parts of Spain that are often underrated or still relatively undiscovered; green northern landscapes that look just like Cornwall, a western province with fields of sweet pímenton; a southern desert used as a film set for spaghetti westerns and a Balearic island named after an ancient god of dance, Bez.
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Spanish travel stories | Tags: BBC Radio programmes about Spain|
BBC’s Radio 4 travels programme Excess Baggage looks at the province of Castellón. where Jason Webster has created, with his Spanish wife, not only a home but a garden in an area ravaged by fire and drought. Jason wrote an account of his dream come true story in a new book entitled Sacred Sierra, A Year on a Spanish Mountain.
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Jason Webster’s journey to Spain culminated in him setting up life as a truffle farmer on a sacred mountain.
The Guardian.
Spanish travel stories | Tags: A Year on a Spanish Mountain, Excess Baggage on Spain, Jason Webster, Sacred Sierra|