Samir Mendoza
The country that gave the world paella offers an impressive and mouthwatering bounty of cuisine - or more properly speaking, cuisines, with regional variations and specialities. And its...
09/09/2020
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David Paul Appell
Spain's (and one of Europe's) most popular cities with visitors, Barcelona has also become famous for its cutting-edge culinary scene. But of course it's also Catalonia's capital...
26/02/2020
MarioGuti
Once the largest of Galicia's cities and today number six (pop. 83,000), Pontevedra is a 45-minute drive or hourlong train ride south of Iberia gateway Santiago de Compostela. Its...
17/02/2020
Academia de Cine
With awards season winding toward culmination in this coming Sunday's Oscars (which will include two high-profile Spanish nominations; see below), in late January the Academy of the...
04/02/2020
Syldavia
Spain's capital is famously packed with all sorts of adult delights, from historic sights to culture to dining to nightlife waaaay into the wee hours. But if mums and...
29/01/2020
Graeme Churchard/puffin11k
Up in green north Spain, a half hour west of Santander, capital of the autonomous community Cantabria, lie a pair of two of the country's foremost gems, but...
13/01/2020
Kerrick
Cave paintings have proved that equines have existed in Iberia as far back as around 30,000 BCE, and at least 18 breeds of Iberian horses have come down to...
06/01/2020
Fundacion Princesa de Asturias
Just as the Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom, in Spain it's the Prince of Asturias (or rather,...
21/10/2019
kyezitri
Beyond its A-list blockbusters and easily hundreds of other compelling destinations, Spain is rich with fascinating places that don't make "bucket lists", nor do they surface all that much...
19/09/2019
unmillondeelefantes
It's that time of year again. In Spain, practically every day is the "feast day" of at least one Catholic saint. But the most famous of all is today,...
25/07/2019
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