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Spain Travel - Hotels, Sightseeing Tours, Attractions, Information
Top Travel and Tourist Destinations in Spain
Barcelona - Region
Catalonia
Capital of Catalonia, Barcelona is Spain's hippest and most cosmopolitan city. It boasts beautiful architecture, world-class museums and art galleries and some of the most fashionable shopping in Europe.
Ciutat Vella, Barcelona's historic quarter. The architecture in these neighborhoods went up between the 13th and 15th centuries, spilling over the old Roman walls and laying the foundations for what has become the most complete Gothic quarter in the world.
Eixample is a well-planned quarter laid out in a tidy grid of modernist architecture. The most impressive of these is Gaudi's soaring Sagrada Familia, though most of his inner-city designs are within walking distance of each other. The shops and hotels in Eixample have a distinct character, setting an ideal tone for morning and evening walks.
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Madrid - Region Madrid
The capital city of Spain, Madrid is a popular destination for both business and leisure travelers. This sprawling city has some of the most beautiful architecture in Europe and is considered to be one of the artistic centers of the world. Gothic cathedrals and immense neo-classical buildings can be found throughout the city and in the heart of it the Plaza Mayor functions as the city's public meeting place and administrative center.
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Sevilla - Region Andalucia
The Andalusian capital, Seville, with its wonderful mix of Gothic and Moorish architecture, is one of Spain’s most visited cities. Located on the Guadalquivir River, Seville is a cosmopolitan city with some 1.6 million inhabitants.
The Cathedral of Seville, the gothic La Giralda Bell Tower and the Alcazar palace three of the most impressive landmarks in the city.
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Recommended Hotels Spain
Hotel Zaragoza Plaza, San Sebastian
The Zaragoza Plaza Hotel can be found in the centre of San Sebastian. It is a short walk from La Concha Beach and Plaza Zaragoza.
All rooms have a private bathroom with hairdryer. There is air conditioning and wireless internet access as well.
Zaragoza Plaza is walking distance from the Old Town of San Sebastian where there are restaurants and shopping facilities.
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Abba Burgos
This impressive, 4-star hotel offers amazing views of the city from its hilltop position above Burgos, just 300 metres from the magnificent cathedral and close to the Castillo viewpoint.
All of the hotel?s comfortable, luxurious rooms ? from doubles to family rooms ? are all outward facing. Executive rooms even have a terrace, balcony or private garden.
The hotel has spacious, bright, airy public areas and impressive facilities, including a private garage and a fitness centre with heated indoor swimming pool, a solarium, a gym, a sauna and a paddle court free of charge. In addition, the on-site restaurant, La Abbadía, offers everything from traditional Castillian specialities to nouvelle cuisine.
The hotel also has bright, spacious, well-equipped meeting rooms with plenty of natural light. There is also an on-site conference centre, Yacimientos de Atapuerca.
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Spain Tours, Sightseeing & Things to Do
Madrid City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
Get a unique view of Madrid aboard this open-top double-decker bus. There are two tours covering all of the city's highlights, from historical sites and monuments to the modern Madrid of skyscrapers and cosmopolitan architecture. The Madrid City Hop-on Hop-off Tour enables complete flexibility to hop on and off as many times as you like aboard this open-top double-decker bus. With the choice of either a one or two day pass, this is a fantastic way to see all of the major sights Madrid has to offer the visitor.
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This week in Asian & European Golf - September 12 to September 18, 2011 European Tour
Vivendi Seve Trophy
St. Nom La Breteche
Paris, France 15 Sep 2011 - 18 Sep 2011
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Great Britain and Ireland's lower order clung on as they retained the Vivendi Seve Trophy at St-Nom-La-Bretèche - but only after a magnificent fightback from the Continental Europeans.
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Montserrat and Cava Trail Small Group Day Trip from Barcelona Combine mountains, history and wine on a visit to Montserrat and the Freixenet winery on a full-day small group tour by minivan from Barcelona. You'll travel in a comfortable air-conditioned minivan and receive individual attention from your expert tour guide. Numbers are limited to a maximum of 15 people on this small group tour, ensuring you'll ...
This week in Asian & European Golf - October 3 to 9, 2011 European Tour
Bankia Madrid Masters
El Encín Golf
Alcalá de Henares, Spain 6 Oct 2011 - 9 Oct 2011
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Lee Slattery survived a shaky start and a nerve-shredding final hole to capture his first European Tour title at the Bankia Madrid Masters.
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ALLIANZ Golf Open de Lyon
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More Travel and Tourist Destinations in Spain
Travel to The Balearic Islands
- The four main Balearic islands -
Mallorca,
Menorca,
Ibiza and
Formentera - have maintained their individuality. Beyond the 24-hour
parties are Gothic cathedrals, Stone Age ruins, fishing villages and endless
orchards of oranges and olives. The Balearic Islands offer fine beaches,
relentless sunshine, good food and wild nightlife. Every year are invaded
every summer by a massive multinational force of hedonistic party animals
and sun seekers.
Travel to Bilbao (Region Basque Country)
- Bilbao is a lively and vibrant provincial capital considered to be the
center of finance and culture. It makes up the majority of what is known as
the Greater Bilbao metropolitan area, and has an approximate number of close
to one million people residing in the Lower Nervión river valley. The
aforementioned river is very important because both of its banks continue to
be the source of life for the capital as well as the province. The modern
highway network keeps Bilbao connected to the rest of Spain and Europe. It
is also the proud and permanent venue of the International Samples Trade
Fair. The international airport found in the Cantabrian seaboard made by the
renowned Santiago Calatrava is also an invaluable asset of Bilbao.
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Travel to The Canary Islands
- The Canary Islands are set off the coast of western Africa, the
archipelago consists of 7 islands and 6 islets and is divided into two
provinces. At the east, the first one is called Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
with 3 islands -
Gran Canaria,
Fuerteventura,
Lanzarote and the islets.
At the west is
Tenerife,
La Palma,
La Gomera and El Hierro which form the second province named Santa Cruz de
Tenerife. The islands belong to Spain and are therefore part of the European
Union. The Canaries enjoy hot sunny weather all year round, duty free prices
and are home to some of the best beaches in Europe.
Travel to Cordoba (Region
Andalucia) - for
the miraculous Mezquita, which, depending on your perspective, is a
wonderful blending of Islamic and Christian architecture, or an absurd
display of vandalism by the latter on the former. Either way, a visit to the
Mezquita - or the "Holy Cathedral Church (former Mosque of Cordoba)", as it
is described in local tourist literature - is a highlight of any trip to
Spain. Far from creating awe with steepling, vaulting verticality, the
mosque created by Abd al-Rahman I is a maze of low, red-and-white striped
arches, stretching in all directions. Truly amazing. And the bird watching
along the nearby river is excellent, too.
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Travel to Granada (Region
Andalucia) - Granada is one of Spain’s
most visited cities by tourists from all over the world. This city, which
was for some centuries the heart of Al -Andalus or the Moorish Andalusia,
offers visitors dream gardens, typical inns to taste the well-known cured
ham from Trevelez, and the opportunity to go up to the mountain of
Sacromonte, the birthplace of flamenco. There are plenty of reasons to fall
in love with this city.
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Travel to Lloret de Mar (Region
Catalonia) - Welcome to Lloret de Mar, a town with over a
thousand years of history. Pioneer of European tourism since the 1950s, over
the years the modern, dynamic town of Lloret has become a major tourist
destination. Meeting place of different cultures, Lloret has managed to
maintain its own traditional customs and identity while incorporating new
values as befits a cosmopolitan town.
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Málaga (Region Andalucia)
Malaga, a tourist hot spot, with plenty of beaches such as the Costa del Sol, but with other attractions, such as the Alcazaba fortress, the botanical gardens and the new, backstreet Picasso Museum, dedicated to the works of the city's most famous son. So much to see, so little time. One solution is to locate centrally in an area such as the Subbetica, making day trips to the bigger cities and coming home to the setting sun, a bottle of wine and a view of the olive groves. There are hundreds of pretty, unspoilt villages to choose from.
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Santiago de Compostela (Region Galicia)
World Heritage City and capital of Galicia, is the final landmark on the St. James pilgrimage route. The magnificent Cathedral in Santiago is where the remains of St James (Santiago in Spanish) are kept. With superb food and wine, fabulous sightseeing and welcoming local people it really is one of Spain's best kept secrets.
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Valencia
(Region
Valencian Community)
- There are so many cultural and historical monuments, tourists can easily
spend a day or two strolling the narrow, cobblestone streets, enjoying the
cafes and wandering into museums. Getting around is quick and easy, thanks
to five metro lines, a tram line and an urban bus network. Cabs must be
called, not hailed. Valencia's Mediterranean topless-optional public beach
-- four miles long and 100 yards wide -- has plenty of room for volleyball,
pedal boats and lots of bare skin. A wide promenade accommodates strollers,
roller skaters and cyclists. When summer days become summer nights, the
crowds move to the terrace restaurants, bars and night markets.
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Once away from the holiday costas, you could only be in
Spain. In the cities, narrow twisting old streets suddenly open out to views
of daring modern architecture, while spit-and-sawdust bars serving wine from
the barrel rub shoulders with blaring, glaring discos. Travel is easy, accommodation plentiful, the climate benign, the people
relaxed, the beaches long and sandy, the food and drink easy to come by and
full of regional variety. More than 50 million foreigners a year visit
Spain, yet you can also travel for days and hear nothing but Spanish.
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Spain Tourist Attractions
Spain, one of the largest countries in Europe, occupies four-fifths of
the Iberian Peninsula. A land of extraordinary geographical and cultural
diversity, it has much to offer the tourist. While the Mediterranean beach
resorts on the Costa Blanca, Costa Brava and
Costa del Sol continue to
attract sun seekers, the north coast is gradually gaining in popularity. But
there is a great deal more to Spain than the beaches. The terrain is
amazingly diverse with a huge variety of landscapes: deciduous and
coniferous forests, arid plains, salt marshes, rocky bays and coves, peaks,
verdant river valleys and mountain streams.
One of the most pleasurable ways to discover Spain’s natural beauty and
abundant wildlife is to visit one of the National Parks. Walks, hiking
trails and jeep excursions enable visitors to explore marshes and wetlands,
coastal dunes, isolated mountain peaks and Atlantic beaches. At certain
times of the year the skies are filled with migrating birds heading for
North Africa and the parks are also the habitat of a wealth of indigenous
flora and fauna. Special mention should be made of rare and endangered
species like the royal eagle, the capercaillie (woodcock) and the Pyrenean
mountain goat. The major national parks in mainland Spain are: Coto de
Doñana (provinces of Seville and Huelva), Tablas de Daimiel (La Mancha),
Ordesa (Huesca Pyrenees), Aigües Tortes (Lleida) and Montaña de Covadonga (Picos
de Europa).
Over the centuries, Spain’s indigenous and conquering peoples have left
an indelible legacy. Cromlechs and cave paintings from the prehistoric
period, temples and aqueducts from the Roman occupation, Romanesque
churches, Moorish baths, mosques and fortresses, medieval cathedrals and
castles, Renaissance and Baroque palaces, the modernist architecture of
Antoni Gaudí and his contemporaries, as well as present-day masterpieces
like the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao and the City of Arts and Sciences in
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Barcelona Airport Private Arrival Transfer
Why haven't you pre-booked an arrival transfer yet? Don't battle with trying
to decipher an airport bus schedule, instead feel a sense of relief as you
spot the driver who will be waiting to transfer you from Barcelona Airport
to your Barcelona hotel.
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Gastronomy Spain - Culinary
pleasure: Eating in Spain is one of the most pleasurable activities of daily
life. Owing to the quality and variety or produce, it is one of the world's
best. Enjoy it! more...
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