Where to Go in Mallorca The Weekly Market of Alcudia When we visited Mallorca for our hiking trip earlier in the autumn, we stayed – like most visitors of the island – in a beach resort. Many people, specifically families, spend happy holidays in places like Port d’Alcudia, but you will rarely hear anyone rave…
Getting Ready for Sightseeing in Palma de Mallorca Before we left Mallorca (after our hiking trip earlier in the autumn), there were two things we simply had to do. First, we had to pay a visit to the capital. I don’t know about you, but to me, (as I already told you in the last…
Hiking in Spain Gran Canaria Walking Festival People get different things out of travelling – which is a good thing, too: Power to Diversity! But that does not mean that there are no rules. One of these rules which apply to every traveller is: wherever you go, do not get stuck. If you go somewhere on…
Guest Post: Walking in Spain Best of the Holiday Haven of Majorca Blessed with good temperatures for much of the year, Majorca has become a holiday haven for those in search of some sunshine therapy. Even if you’ve come for the mountains rather than the east-coast resorts, there’s usually a reliably Mediterranean climate waiting for…
Guest Post: Hiking in Spain Take a Walking Holiday in Alicante A sparkling jewel on the Costa Blanca coast of Spain, the city and region of Alicante is full of a range of bewitching treats that are far from the maddening crowds of nearby exuberant Benidorm. Ideal for a walking holiday. It’s the ideal place where overworked…
Coastal Hikes in Spain A Fishing Village along the Cami de Ronda Cannes, Portofino, Benidorm – nearly all of the famous Mediterranean beach resorts, whether classy or downmarket, were once humble fishing villages. In some parts of the Mediterranean, there is nothing that could remind the visitor of this tradition – in others, there may…
We were Smitten by Seville We were in Seville for the MyVuelingCity Game, where the Barcelona-based budget airline Vueling sends travel bloggers on exchange trips, shipping off Spanish bloggers to enjoy some of the European destinations on its ever growing list of destinations and giving people like us the opportunity to spend a weekend in…
Easy hiking in Spain La Fosca in the Costa Brava La Fosca had been recommended to us. It is not a place where one would wind up otherwise. Remember this: Next time you travel through Catalonia or anywhere along the Costa Brava, make room in your itinerary for a trip to La Fosca. Take this…
Barcelona has a Secret In the shadow of Barcelona’s Palau Nacional, near the former bullring of the Plaza Espanya, you can find one of the city’s best kept architectural secrets: Ludwig “Less is More” Mies van der Rohe’s celebrated “Barcelona Pavilion” The pavilion, one of the masterpieces of modernist architecture, was constructed in 1929 for…
Walking in Barcelona Architecture in Barcelona One of the great joys of walking through Barcelona is discovering the great architecture that the city’s grand boulevards have to offer. Whenever you look up on one of the main streets in the city’s grid-like “new town”, you will not need laser eye surgery to be sure to see…