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 […]
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Categories: Nature, Spain
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, […]
Tags: 14th-century, al-andalus, andalusia, arab-domination, arabic-name, arena, autonomous-communities, beautiful-gardens, bullfig, bullfight, christopher-columbus, city, city-of-andalusia, ferdinand-iii, flamenco, gothic-style, iberian-peninsula, indelible-traces, king-ferdinand, mining-town, muslim-moors, romantic-castle, sevilla, seville, southernmost-region, spain, spanish-city, town, virgin-mary
Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
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
December 31, 2010
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Aveiro is known as the Venice of Portugal — a charming city on the country’s central coast, south of Porto, whose network of picturesque canals, colourful moliceiro boats (traditional flat-bottomed vessels once used for harvesting seaweed, now converted to gondola-like tourist boats), and elegant Art Nouveau architecture make it one of the most photogenic small […]
Tags: 15th-century, abundant-vegetation, aveiro, blue-lagoon, city, contrasting-colors, costa-nova, dominican-monastery, historical-buildings, iberian-peninsula, maritime-museum, nature-reserve, nearby-nature, portugal, renowned-museum, salt-mines, sand-dunes, sandy-beach, sao-domingos, surf-lovers, town, typical-sign, venice, venice-of-portugal, vista-alegre, white-houses
Categories: Portugal, Sights
May 10, 2010
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Laguna de Fuente de Piedra – one of the largest colonies of pink flamingos in Europe | Spain Updated: February 21, 2020 | By Claire | More It was back in 1988 when a 1,364 hectare parcel of land just outside of Andalucia was first designated as a preserved area in order to help protect […]
Tags: birdlife, chicks, colonies, ecosystem, eggs, evaporation, fauna, first-sunrise, hundreds-of-thousands, iberian-peninsula, kilometres, lagoon, laguna-de-fuente-de-piedra, nature, parcel-of-land, pink-flamingo, pink-flamingos, reflection, salt-crystals, spain, thin-layer, tyk, volunteers
Categories: Nature, Spain
April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Portugal is the romance of Europe’s western edge — a country of dramatic Atlantic coastlines, golden limestone beaches, medieval hilltop castles, and the melancholic strains of fado music drifting through the narrow alleyways of Lisbon’s Alfama district at midnight. Hemmed in on one side by Spain and on the other by the vast, empty Atlantic, […]
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Categories: All Countries, Portugal
April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Spain is one of the most diverse and exciting countries in Europe — a sun-blessed Iberian nation whose regional identities (Catalan, Basque, Galician, Andalusian, and more) are as distinct as separate countries, whose cultural contributions range from Gaudí’s Sagrada Família to Picasso’s Guernica to the fiery flamenco of Seville, and whose landscapes encompass the snow-capped […]
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Categories: All Countries, Spain
