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No Car Needed

Celebrating The Epiphany In Spain

I am of the belief that Spanish children may be among some of the luckiest in the world. Why? Well, because not only do they get to celebrate...
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Photo Friday! Where In Spain Is This?

By Nancy Todd Not many Christmas lights in this famous plaza.  It doesn’t need any.  It has lights designed by Gaudi.  What plaza/city is this?
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Photo Friday! Where In Spain Is This?

By Nancy Todd This giant tree looks really bad in the day time.  But, at night?  Looks great and is up every year in the same plaza.
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A Local Twist On Christmas – Tarifa

The Spanish love a good party in any shape or form. Part of the Christmas celebration...
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Need Life Beyond The Beach? Tenerife Island City Breaks

Tenerife is the largest of the seven Canary Islands and...
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Photo Friday! Where In Spain Is This?

By Nancy Todd In this famous southern city, which is one of the most beautiful in Spain, they put up little houses for the Christmas market.  And they are really ugly and incongruous with the city.  Where in Spain is this?
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Photo Friday! Where In Spain Is This?

By Nancy Todd Spain celebrates the holidays by stringing thousands of miles of lights across the streets.  Magic!  Where in Spain is this?  
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Wanna Be A Member Of The 1% Club? – Lanzarote Island

Lauren Linzer, our guest expert from the Canary Islands, loves Lanzarote Island. She is now...
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A Tasty Morsel – Jerez de la Frontera

Jerez de la Frontera, located in Southern Spain, is known for it's horse and cattle ranches. Also...
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No Car Needed (no. 11): Granada to Jaén

The area around Jaén produces more olives that any other region of Spain...
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The Next Big Thing At The Spain Scoop

A new series on The Scoop is coming up!
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A Bed For Every Budget: Where To Stay In Madrid

Lauren Aloise from Madrid, is in the know regarding cool places to stay in Madrid...
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How’s Spain Doing?

How’s Spain doing in the crisis? One local viewpoint from Madrid.....
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Bears, Bovines and Bean Stew – Asturias

The region of Asturias in Northern Spain is richly diverse...
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Photo Friday: Where In Spain Is This?

Photo Friday: Where In Spain Is This?
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Peacocks, Pavilions and Pools: The Alcazar Real of Seville

They say that Seville is the most romantic city in Spain, and its most entrancing building by far is the Royal Alcazar.
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Tapa Time: San Sebastian’s Parte Vieja Pintxo Scene

San Sebastian is known, above all, for its beauty—and for its Michelin-starred cuisine.
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León: The House Of Light

Robin Graham, travels north to Leon. He captures the heartbeat of intimacy that travel...
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Culinary Adventures in Barcelona – a Saturday with Joel from Papa Serra

What better way to get to know a city than through its food? Julie, our guest writer based in Barcelona....
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No Car Needed (no. 11): Madrid To Segovia

Those Roman dudes got around and left their huge aquaduct in Segovia...
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