Spain travel stories
Pintxos in San Sebastian When Seeing Pintxos, Think Tapas Pintxos, In Spain's Basque country, it's important to know a few words of the Basque language especially in the city of San Sebastián. This hotbed of Basque nationalism is known as, Donostia, locally...
Libertyville, IL, April 9, 2013 - Party-loving travelers alert! Tourcrafters is offering a one-week package to two Spanish hot spots that starts at only $989.  Their Barcelona/Ibiza package, which departs every Sunday from May 5 to October 30, includes three...
Antiques and Jazz in Sant Cugat del Vallès Mercantic, in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain, is an antiques and flea market. Living in Barcelona This fall, I'm living and working in Barcelona. Actually, I should amend that: I'm living and taking long walks and eating my...
Spain Cuisine Celebrated at Event With less than two months to go to the gastronomic event of the year in Madrid, its programme is brimming with suggestive and appetizing new offerings. Held from January 19 to February 3 2013, Gastrofestival is organised by Madrid...
(PAMPLONA, SPAIN) "“ This year marks the 40th anniversary of Peña Seattle de Sanfermines, one of only 16 officially recognized foreign Peñas in Pamplona. Join us, and a few thousand others, this July for another special celebration of one of the world's...
VALENCIA, Spain, June 17, 2011 "“ It's less than a month away and a small beachside city in the region of Valencia is gearing up to host Spain's largest music festival. From July 14 to 17, the 17th Annual International Benicà ssim Festival (FIB) will...
Madrid, Spain (September 7, 2010) "” On October 2, 2010, Hotel Ritz Madrid will mark its Centenary as Madrid's most iconic hotel, which has provided guests with a luxurious and elegant base from which to explore Spain's vibrant capital city for 10...
I love museums, particularly those where the exhibits are not locked away behind bullet-proof glass and cordoned off from the visitors, but can rather be approached and enjoyed up close and personal. The replica of the caravel "Pinta," anchored in the port of Bayona,...
Tired feet, dirty laundry, packing and unpacking, hopping on and off buses and trains..after two and a half weeks of all that, exploring Galicia in the North of Spain, mostly off the beaten track, I was in dire need of a rest and a few days of R&R in a nice hotel in...
As is so often the case, the tragic and the beautiful dwell side by side in Galicia. This is particularly true for Camarinas, a pretty seaside town on the Atlantic coast, in the middle of the Costa de La Muerte, aptly called the Coast of Death because of the many...
