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Tips, Trips, and Stories From Our Worldly TravelsMore Than Mercadona: Why Shopping Became Part of the Journey
Travelling through Spain is not only about historic towns, castles and coastlines. One of the unexpected pleasures of a long motorhome journey is discovering the country's supermarkets. They are often larger than those found elsewhere in Europe, well organised and an...
Where Britain’s Industrial Revolution Reached the Mediterranean
Most visitors arrive in Águilas expecting beaches, seafood and one of Spain's most famous carnivals. Few realise that this quiet Mediterranean town was once one of the most important mining export ports in southern Europe and that its skyline was shaped as much by...
The Day Four Hydrogen Bombs Fell on Spain
A few miles north of San Juan de los Terreros, the coastal road passes through an apparently ordinary corner of eastern Andalusia. There are fields, low hills, greenhouses, scattered houses and a broad Mediterranean shoreline. Nothing in the landscape immediately...
Where Ancient Trade Routes Meet One of Spain’s Best Free Motorhome Service Areas
Puerto Lumbreras stands at one of the most important crossroads in southeastern Spain. Situated in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, close to the border with Andalusia, the town has served for centuries as a natural gateway between the Mediterranean...
When One of Spain’s Biggest Carnivals Doesn’t Meet Expectations
he Carnival of Lorca is frequently presented as one of the Region of Murcia's major annual celebrations. Colourful parades, elaborate costumes and a lively atmosphere attract thousands of visitors every year, leading many travellers to expect an event comparable to...
Pilar de la Horadada and Torre de la Horadada: Where the Via Augusta Met the Mediterranean Frontier
At Spain's southernmost corner of the Province of Alicante, the municipalities of Pilar de la Horadada and Torre de la Horadada occupy a strategic position that has connected travellers, merchants and armies for more than two thousand years. Today they are known for...
La Manga del Mar Menor: The Sandbar That Created Europe’s Largest Saltwater Lagoon
Few places in Europe have been shaped so completely by geology as La Manga del Mar Menor. Stretching for approximately twenty-two kilometres along the coast of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, this narrow strip of sand separates the Mediterranean Sea...
Mar Menor: Europe’s Largest Saltwater Lagoon and One of Spain’s Greatest Environmental Stories
Few places in Europe combine such an extraordinary concentration of history, nature and environmental significance as the Mar Menor. Located in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, this vast coastal lagoon covers approximately 135 square kilometres,...
San Pedro del Pinatar: Flamingos, Salt and the Lagoon That Changed the Mediterranean
San Pedro del Pinatar occupies one of the most unusual geographical positions in Spain. Situated in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, it marks the northern entrance to the Mar Menor, Europe's largest saltwater lagoon, while also facing the open...
Murcia: The City Born from Water, Floods and Aviation
Unlike many of Spain's historic cities, Murcia was not founded by the Romans. The city was established in 825 by the Umayyad Emir Abd al-Rahman II, who selected the fertile plain of the Segura River to create Madinat Mursiya, a new administrative and agricultural...