Pica d’Estats: A 7 day hike around Catalonia’s holy mountain
How to get there? The hike starts at Arinsal, in Andorra. The easiest way to get there from Barcelona is to take the bus to Seu d’Urgel. Here switch busses…
La Axarquía and it’s birds
Most people I know who find themselves in La Axarquía, a region in the Andalucian province of Málaga, have been introduced to the area somehow or by someone, as it…
Ibiza’s other side
Jorge Alonso is a worried man. As the manager of the Ibizan Tourist Board over the past 25 years Snr. Alonso has seen Ibiza transformed from a bohemian backwater into…
Cycling in Northern Spain
Spain. We’re all familiar with the stereotypes. In most people’s minds it probably conjures up images of hot sunny weather, overpopulated beaches, high-rise hotels and of course the usual pot-pourri…
Valdeón valley, a discovery guide.
The road twists and turns as it climbs the last bends before the Panderrueda pass. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, appear the heights of Cornión and Urrieles, two of the…
Whitewater kayaking in Galicia
My Galego land where the sky is forever grey where rain is art and God laid down to rest It was one of the songs I listened to whilst I…
Sport climbing in central Spain: La Pedriza.
In recent years Spain has become an important international sport climbing destination, so much so that in the south and the east foreign climbers sometimes actually outnumber local climbers. Quantity…
Surprising Sealife of the Canary Islands
The sea around the Canary Islands is much cooler than many people expect due to the Cold Canary Current, which brings cool water down from Northern Europe. It is this…
Serra do Courel: Galicia’s Wild Frontier
The Serra do Courel is a place to come to without rush, to discover its ample modesty found in its flora and fauna, ancient villages hanging on by a thread,…
Spain’s Living Landscape
For centuries a thriving, fought-over outpost, the central Spanish city of Segovia is now a popular tourism destination. “No city in Spain presents such a dramatic appearance…” reads the Fielding’s…