March 29, 2011
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Sevilla – heart of Andalusia | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Sevilla is a capital and largest city of Andalusia, which is one of 17 autonomous communities in Spain. It is said that Sevilla is the most Spanish city of all cities in Spain. The city had a great history, […]
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Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
February 25, 2011
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Las Médulas is one of the most extraordinary human-altered landscapes in the world — a UNESCO World Heritage site in the province of León, Spain, where the largest open-pit gold mine in the Roman Empire transformed a mountain into a surreal landscape of jagged red-orange peaks, deep ravines, and chestnut groves that looks more like […]
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Categories: Nature, Sights, Spain
February 25, 2011
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Mulhacén is mainland Spain’s highest peak — a 3,479-metre giant in the Sierra Nevada range of Andalusia — and remarkably, one of the most accessible major summits in Europe. Unlike the technical climbs of the Alps, Mulhacén can be hiked in a single (long) day by any reasonably fit walker, with the reward of panoramic […]
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Categories: Nature, Spain
February 25, 2011
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The Aqueduct of Segovia is one of the greatest surviving monuments of Roman engineering — a colossal double-tiered arcade of 167 granite arches soaring 28 metres above the Plaza del Azoguejo in the heart of the Spanish city of Segovia, constructed without a single drop of mortar nearly 2,000 years ago and still standing in […]
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Categories: Sights, Spain
February 22, 2011
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The Sil Canyon (Cañón del Sil) is one of the most spectacular river canyons in Spain — a deep, dramatic gorge carved by the Río Sil through the Ribeira Sacra wine region of Galicia in northwestern Spain, where the river’s vertical limestone walls rise up to 500 metres above the water and are terraced with […]
Tags: 13th-century, 17th-centuries, 5km, beautiful-river, beautiful-views, boat-trip, canon-del-sil, canyon-del-sil, cloister, confluence, green-river, hikers, loureiro, monasteries, monastery, most-beautiful-river-canyon, pine-forests, rio-sil, river-canyons, river-water, santa-cristina, spain, water-reservoirs
Categories: Nature, Spain
January 13, 2011
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Marineland is one of Europe’s premier marine zoological parks — a large dolphinarium, marine zoo, and water park complex on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain that offers dolphin and sea lion shows, a walk-through aquarium, and a water park with slides and pools. Located in the popular resort area near Málaga and Torremolinos, […]
Tags: aquapark, blue-bus, boomerang, costa-brava, dolphinarium, kamikaze, malgrat-de-mar, marine-zoo, marineland, natural-habitat, negative-impact, outdoor-water-park, parrots, pineda-de-mar, santa-susanna, sea-lions, slides, smart-dolphins, spain, theme-park, twister, water-attractions, water-park
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Nature, Spain, Wellness, Relax & Sports
December 3, 2010
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The Torre de Hércules (Tower of Hercules) is the oldest active lighthouse in the world — a 55-metre Roman lighthouse built in the late 1st century AD on a rocky headland in A Coruña, Galicia, northwestern Spain, that has been guiding ships into the harbour continuously for over 1,900 years. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage […]
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Categories: Sights, Spain
September 20, 2010
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Top sights to see in Barcelona – most visited city in Spain Updated: February 8, 2020 | By Claire | More What is the most famous Spanish city? To answer this question would have to make an accurate survey, but most likely it is Barcelona. Many people even think that Barcelona is the capital of […]
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Categories: Sights, Spain
September 3, 2010
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Benidorm is Spain’s most famous — and most controversial — resort city: a skyline of towering skyscrapers rising from the Costa Blanca like a Mediterranean Manhattan, with more high-rise buildings per capita than any city in Europe. Love it or hate it, Benidorm is a phenomenon: two sweeping golden beaches, a year-round microclimate, and a […]
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Categories: Sights, Spain