We were here in Sergovia to see another ancient engineering marvel, the Roman aqueduct.
After Madrid, we drove the 50km out along the manic motorway system to the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains to find…
We arrived in Madrid fairly late in the evening. Our destination for the night was a carpark about 5km out…
oledo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its extensive monumental and cultural heritage. The streets are certainly narrow and steep and there are many churches. We managed to get lost and had to rely on Google Maps to get us to the touristy bit. Once there we treated ourselves to Cafe con leche and a Marzipan Tarte for Dave and hot chocolate and churros for me.
There is a famous Spanish novel called “The Ingenious Gentleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha”, mainly known from its main…
The gem of Córdoba is the Mezquita. Originally the site was a shared Christian and Islamic temple. Then Emir Abd…
Sevilla was an important city in the discovery of the New World. Small ships called caravels used to sail down…
On our way north, we stopped at Jerez. We knew very little about the city, other than the fact that…
It was about an hour and 80km further down the coast to the rock of Gibraltar, although we could see…
The Costa del Sol literally, “Coast of the Sun” or “Sun Coast” is a region in the south of Spain,…