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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
Jlastras
Ah, cheese. The Greeks called it "a gift from the gods", and 2,000 years later, who doesn't love it? Cheese has everything: it never goes out of style, there...
nito10
Many in the wider world know or at least have heard of Spain's most famous dish, paella - one of this country's greatest culinary hits - but there are...
Rainer Lesniewski
As this blog has repeatedly shown, Spain is diverse indeed, but when many around the world think of this country, what jump to mind first are iconic, dramatic...