July 16, 2011
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Aqualandia Benidorm is one of Europe’s largest and most popular water parks — a sprawling complex of world-class waterslides, wave pools, and family attractions on the Costa Blanca in Spain that has been ranked among the top water parks in the world by TripAdvisor users. Set on a hillside overlooking Benidorm, Aqualandia offers everything from […]
Tags: 30-minutes, admission, animal-park, aquapark, aquaparks-2, benidorm, big-bang, biggest-aquapark, black-hole, kamikaze, marine-animal, mundomar, restaurants, salt-water-pool, salt-water-swimming-pools, spain, water-park, water-parks, water-parks-in-europe, water-slide, water-slides, waves
Categories: Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
June 8, 2011
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Santiago de Compostela – a World Heritage City and pilgrimage destination | Spain Updated: June 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous Spanish community of Galicia. It was founded at the turn of the 4th and 5th century. According to legend, the body of the executed […]
Tags: apostle-james, architecture-in-spain, autonomous-regions, baroque-style, cathedral-of-santiago-de-compostela, christian-pilgrims, christian-spain, city, long-journey, pilgrimage-route, portico-de-la-gloria, reliquaries, roman-architecture, santiago-de-compostela, scallop-shell, spain, spanish-community, spiritual-cleansing, symbol-of-christian, town, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
May 16, 2011
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Torrent de Pareis Gorge – Mallorca’s greatest natural wonder | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Torrent de Pareis is one of the largest Mediterranean gorges / canyons. It is located on the west coast of the Spanish island of Mallorca, near the village of Sa Calobra. Torrent de Pareis got […]
Tags: biological-value, canyon, canyon-walls, canyons, caves, erosion, gorge, gorges, island, lot-of-water, mallorca, narrow-tunnels, natural-heritage, natural-wonder, nature, pebble-beach, rain-water, rock-tunnels, rocky-walls, salt-lake, sea-tide, spain, spanish-island, torrent, torrent-de-pareis, water-tunnels, west-coast
Categories: Nature, Spain
May 14, 2011
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Santa María de León Cathedral – one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Santa María de León Cathedral is one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe. It is located in Spain, in the northwestern part of the country, in the historic city […]
Tags: 13th-century, 16th-century, admission, admission-fee, cathedral, cathedral-museum, cathedrals, cathedrals-in-europe, circular-window, city-of-leon, cloister, enrique, france, frescoes, google, gothic, gothic-statue, gothic-style, historic, historic-city, la-virgen, leon, monday-to-friday, museum, national-monument, northwest, one-of-the-most-beautiful-cathedrals-in-europe, palace, port, portals, pub, public-holidays, roman-spa, sandstone, santa-maria-de-leon-cathedral, spain, stained-glass-windows, virgin-mary
Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
May 13, 2011
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Castillo de Coca is one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses in Spain — a fairy-tale 15th-century Mudéjar castle in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, whose walls and towers are built not of grey stone but of warm red brick decorated with intricate geometric patterns, blind arches, and glazed tiles in the Mudéjar […]
Tags: 15th-century, architecture-in-spain, castillo-de-coca, castle, castle-of-coco, castles, coco, don-alonso, fonseca, fortification-system, geometric-motifs, interior-decoration, main-attraction, medieval-architecture, medieval-fortresses, moat, mosaics, olmedo, ribbed-vault, seville, southwestern-outskirts, spain, valladolid
Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
May 13, 2011
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Arta Caves – a popular cave system on the island of Mallorca | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Arta Caves (Cuevas de Arta) is a popular cave system on the island of Mallorca. It is located on the east coast, about 70 km from the capital city of Palma de […]
Tags: alexandre-dumas, arta-caves, cave, cave-system, caves, caves-of-arta, center-of-the-earth, cuevas-de-arta, german-view, island, journey-to-the-center, journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth, mallorca, mallorca-spain, natural-attraction, natural-decorations, nature, palma-de-mallorca, paradisio, purgatory, rich-history, sarah-bernhardt, sea-level, smugglers, spain, victor-hugo
Categories: Nature, Spain
May 12, 2011
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Lago de Sanabria – the biggest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Lago de Sanabria is the largest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula. It is located in Spain, in the northwestern province of Zamora, in the mountainous area of Sierra Cabrera and […]
Tags: beautiful-sandy-beach, birches, cistercian-monastery, glacial-lake, glaciers, golden-eagle, holidaymakers, iberian-peninsula, lago-de-sanabria, lake, latitudes, maximum-depth, mountainous-area, nature, northwestern-province, pedal-boat, porto-de-sanabria, sierra-cabrera, spain, summer-destination, the-biggest-glacial-lake-in-the-iberian-peninsula, warm-sunny-days, willows, yews
Categories: Nature, Spain
May 11, 2011
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Parque Warner Madrid – one of the best theme parks in Spain Updated: September 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Parque Warner Madrid (previously known as Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid and Warner Bros. Park) is one of the best theme parks in Spain, which is managed by Time Warner and numerous Spanish investment […]
Tags: admission-fee, amusement, best-theme-parks-in-spain, cartoon-village, de-acero, fun, heroes-world, hollywood-boulevard, hollywood-models, inversions, la-fuga, la-venganza, madrid-parque, parque-warner-madrid, roller-coasters, spain, stroll-down, theme-park, theme-parks-in-spain, water-rides, west-hollywood, west-territory, wild-wild-west, wooden-roller-coaster
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Spain
May 5, 2011
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Tossa de Mar is one of the most popular and beautiful resorts on the Costa Brava — a historic fishing village-turned-holiday destination on the Catalan coast whose superbly preserved medieval walled old town (Vila Vella), with its castle and lighthouse perched on a rocky headland overlooking turquoise coves, is the only surviving fortified medieval town […]
Tags: beach, ceramics, city, clothing-jewelry, coast, costa-brava, fishing-village, fortifications, gran-playa, hotel-complexes, la-baume, local-gallery, monuments, narrow-streets, nature, promenade, relaxed-atmosphere, rich-history, scooters, sea-beach, sea-site, souvenir-shops, spain, tossa-de-mar, tourist-service, town, water-skiing, water-sports
Categories: Nature, Spain, Virtual Travel
April 13, 2011
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Pyrenees Mountains – hiking paradise between Spain and France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pyrenees – wild, scenic and beautiful. This mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain and in spite of many civilization shoots it is still among the best preserved nature areas in Europe. However […]
Tags: deep-forests, deepest-canyons, france, french-side, gavarnie, geological-formations, hiking, hiking-paradise, monte-perdido, mountains, mysterious-caves, natural-border, natural-wealth, nature, nature-areas, pyrenees-mountains, snowy-peaks, spain, spanish-side, steep-cliffs, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, valle-de-ordesa, water-lakes, wild-rapids
Categories: France, Nature, Spain, Virtual Travel
