Monthly Archives: June 2017

Spain: A leader in UNESCO World Heritage Sites

For another year, Spain is the country with the third highest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This year, Spain has an impressive 45 sites, coming in third after Italy (49) and China (47), followed by France. Here are some of the highlighted sites… Where in Spain? Anyone who has traveled through Spain may not […]

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City Portrait: Toledo

Known in the Middle Ages as the ‘City of Three Cultures’, Toledo is a place where Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities peacefully coexisted. This unique cultural synthesis is modern Toledo’s biggest attraction – the city has an architectural offering that few can match. With arched mosques, Sephardic synagogues and Gothic cathedrals – as well as […]

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World Tapas Day – a taste of Spain

Spain is famous for many things, and tapas are among the most delightful. It’s not just the diversity of this miniature cuisine, but also the culture of going de tapeo – wandering from bar to bar on a balmy night with friends and family, and enjoying drinks, great conversation, and of course lots of tapas, […]

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El Rocio: Spain’s biggest secret

The tiny village of El Rocío in the southwestern province of Huelva, with its wide, sandy streets lined with impressive houses complete with broad verandas and wooden rails for tying up horses, appears to be something from the Wild West. But El Rocío is no ghost town – each year, one million people fill the […]

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