Posts in Tag: Spain
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Monfrague – Birding in Extremadura
This is my fifth and final post from the 2023 SATW trip to the Extremadura region of Spain. In the first post I highlighted the many reasons to visit this off the beaten track destination in western Europe. In the second I focused on the amazing Roman ruins in and around the city of Merida. […]
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Caceres – Extremadura’s Magical City
This is my fourth post from a recent SATW sponsored trip to the Extremadura area of Spain. In the first post I gave seven great reasons to visit the Extremadura. In the second I focused on the connection with ancient Rome to be found in the city of Merida and its environs. In the third […]
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Jamon Iberico – The Best in the World
In my last post from the Extremadura we revelled in the Roman past at Merida including eating a meal with the same ingredients as would have been used 2,000 years ago. On this visit to the Extremadura I was fortunate enough to get a taste of the many great foods that originate here, none more […]
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Merida – Spain’s Roman City
In my first post from the Extremadura I gave seven reasons for visiting this most untouristy and interesting area of Spain. In this post I’ll focus in on one of those reasons, the Roman legacy of the city of Merida and its surrounding area. Whether its theatres, amphitheatres, hippodromes, Roman baths, villas, bridges, aqueducts, temples […]
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Extremadura – Seven Great Reasons to Visit
This is the first of several posts from my recent trip to the Extremadura area of western Spain, a place that is not on most tourist’s radar, but really should be. Comprised of the two provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres the Extremadura has just over a million people living in area about the size of […]
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Mezquita – Cordoba’s Incredible Grand Mosque
When we decided to visit Andalusia last November one of the key reasons was to visit the Alhambra in Granada. After the visit I wrote in this post that it was pretty strange that the best preserved Islamic palace in the world was in a purportedly Christian country. What I didn’t know when I wrote that […]
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Cordoba – A Tour of Spain’s Moorish Capital
It’s a beautiful morning in Cordoba, Spain and after a great night’s sleep at the fabulous Balcon de Cordoba hotel Alison and I are about to explore some of the famous landmarks of the city including the Alcazar, the Calahorra Tower and the Roman Bridge. We’ll save the Mezquita or Grand Mosque for it’s own […]
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Balcon de Cordoba – A Must Stay in Cordoba
This is the first of three posts on the wonderful city of Cordoba, Spain which we visited, almost on a whim in November 2015. Posts will follow on a walk around the historic city and the almost unbelievable Mezquita, but this one will focus on one of the best hotels we have stayed at anywhere, […]
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Ronda – Where Modern Bullfighting Began
Alison and I are heading by car for Cordoba, our final destination on our whirlwind tour of Andalusia, from Marbella where we have spent the last three nights basically just chilling out. Along the way we are going to visit a small city that has been on my radar list for a very long time […]