Catalonia
From metropolitan Barcelona spreads a land of such diversity that, although its furthest-flung corner is no more than 200km away, you could spend weeks dissecting it and still feel you’d barely begun.
From metropolitan Barcelona spreads a land of such diversity that, although its furthest-flung corner is no more than 200km away, you could spend weeks dissecting it and still feel you’d barely begun.
Home to the Sierra Nevada, Granada’s Alhambra and colourful fiestas.
Hedonistic, Gothic Mediterranean city with its own language and character.
Spanish capital of astonishing art, relentless nightlife and tapas feasts.
It’s all too easy to land in the Canary Islands and, feeling the sun on your face and the breeze in your hair, scurry straight to an idyllic beach resort or quiet rural retreat, not to be heard from again until the morning of your flight out.
Each of these four islands (Islas Baleares, Illes Balears in Catalan), floating serenely in the glittering Mediterranean, could be said to have a theme.
The arid hills and proud history of Aragón; the lush coastline and gourmet delights of the Basque Country (País Vasco); the wine country and famous festivals of Navarra: this northeastern area of Spain is brimming with fascinating destinations.
Castilla y León is Spain without the stereotypes.
If any one place comes close to rolling together everything that’s quintessentially Andalucian, it’s Seville.
Sun-seeker’s delight with ochre villages, rugged coastline and brilliant sunsets.
Andalucia’s hippest city backdropped by mountains and the Alhambra.
Tenerife is the biggest and best-known Canary Island, with over 10 million visitors a year, and finally the word is out that the landscape, sights and attractions here go way beyond beaches, lap dancers and the best bitter on tap.
Málaga is a world apart from the adjoining Costa del Sol; a briskly modern yet historic city, it still has the atmosphere and swagger of a Mediterranean port.
Arguably the least appreciated region of Spain, Castilla-La Mancha acts as a natural buffer between the rich industrialism of northern Spain and Moorish, tourist-driven Andalucía.
With a landscape reminiscent of parts of the British Isles, ‘Green Spain’ offers great walks in national parks, seafood feasts in sophisticated towns and oodles of opportunities to plunge into the ice-cold waters of the Bay of Biscay.
Gran Canaria is the third-largest island in the Canaries archipelago but accounts for almost half the population.
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