Most travellers know Vidreres simply as a place they pass on the way to the Costa Brava, yet this small Catalan town has a history stretching back many centuries. Surrounded by forests, farmland and gentle hills, it developed as an agricultural community long before...
Some places simply work so well that they naturally become part of the journey more than once. That was exactly the case with El Perelló, where we found ourselves returning during another trip through eastern Spain. Situated on the edge of the Albufera Natural Park,...
Hidden between the better-known coastal towns of Castellón and Valencia, El Grau de Moncofa offers a very different experience from the large resorts that dominate much of Spain’s Mediterranean coast. Rather than rows of hotels and busy promenades, visitors find...
Few landscapes are as closely associated with Spanish literature as the hilltop windmills of Campo de Criptana. Rising above the vast plains of La Mancha, their white cylindrical towers and dark wooden sails have become one of Spain’s most recognisable...
Crossing the wide plains of Castilla–La Mancha, few skylines are as recognisable as that of Alcázar de San Juan. Surrounded by endless vineyards and cereal fields, the town has long been an important crossroads in central Spain, where Roman roads, medieval trade...
