Sean Pavone
Even in a country packed with cities and towns boasting all manner of dramatic ancient landmarks, this small city (pop. 57,000) of Old Castile - now part of...
03/01/2019
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Iberia Destinations
Lima Pix
When it comes to family travel, the 800,000-tonne gorilla in Florida - and indeed, in all the United States if not the world - is of course...
02/01/2019
Shoko Shimabakuro
Celebrated by the Japanese according to the Gregorian calendar only since 1873, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have evolved their own unique set of customs. Let...
31/12/2018
Darrell Champlin
Latin America's largest country is home to a bewildering variety of natural landscapes, from jungles to deserts and tropical seashores to crisp Alpine mountains. Here are some Brazil...
27/12/2018
César González Palomo
Like so many European cities and towns, as of the last week in November, Catalonia's capital dons its Yuletide best and does its best to transform the dark,...
25/12/2018
Magnus D
One of the all-time classic Christmas destinations is the city where Charles Dickens penned A Christmas Carol 175 years ago. And of course the London of today offers...
24/12/2018
Juanmonino
Turrón, Spain‘s traditional holiday sweet, is as iconic here as the Reyes Magos (Three Wise Men) who bring presents to children each 6 January. Spaniards won’t ask you where...
21/12/2018
SeanPavonePhoto
When I visit a city, I tend to prefer meandering its streets instead of its museums -soaking up local life - and I've often found some of the best...
17/12/2018
Back in the 10th and 11th centuries, León and later Castile were the first Christian kingdoms to emerge from the whittling away of Muslim rule of the Iberian Peninsula,...
13/12/2018
Infographick
Once upon a time, you got a stamp in your passport in nearly every country you visited. With the arrival of e-visas and more seamless travel in, for example,...
12/12/2018
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