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Each May, Spain’s gorgeous city of Giona transforms itself into a gorgeous outdoor museum, where it seems exhibitions of all sorts appear to be lurking in every corner. The festival, called Temps De Flors or the Girona Flower Festival, is perhaps one of Europe’s most unique flower exhibitions, where clothing, food, garden implements, and other [...]
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As one of the most sensitively developed tourist spots within Spain, Lanzarote makes an ideal holiday destination for anyone who enjoys dramatic and unspoiled scenery. As despite welcoming close to 1.5 million visitors a year, Visitors could be forgiven for thinking that tourism has barley touched the island once they venture outside the three main tourist [...]
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We interrupt this week’s normal agenda with the winning entries in our world’s most inspirational place contest. Today’s entry is by long-time STE community member Rachel Cotterill, who will win a Odyssey travel guide of her choice courtesy of our sponsors. Congrats Rachel! When I’m looking for inspiration, my thoughts often come back to the [...]
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As you saw last month, I saw some fantastic sights in Spain. But when I wasn’t enjoying daytrips from Madrid, I was eating. Lots. The Spanish capital is one of Europe’s gastronomic stops and in Spain it is second only to Basque Country food. Here’s some of the great food-inspired experiences I had while [...]
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Everyone knows about the world’s classic and iconic statues: Mount Rushmore in America, the Statue of Liberty in New York, The Thinking Man in Paris, The Little Mermaid in Denmark, The Terra Cotta Warriors of Xi’an China, or Manneken Pis in Brussels. But how about some of these more off-beat yet still inspiring statues you [...]
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On my journey to Bilbao, the largest city in Spain’s Basque Country, I had two lingering questions in my mind: Would the Guggenheim museum be as amazing/impressive/awe-striking as everyone made it out to be in the 90′s? Would there be anything else to Bilbao except the museum? I was filled with trepidation. My concerns weren’t [...]
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They say a lot of things about the Basque Country in the northeast corner of Spain. For one, it always rains – but I was very lucky with the weather. The other is a stern reminder that you are not in Spain, but in the Basque Country – a different place entirely. And that, my [...]
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Hot off my trip to sunny spain for some early October sunshine, I finally made it to Madrid. I’d been to both Southern Spain, Portugal, and other nearby areas but always seemed to skip the capital city. And while Madrid is a lovely stop for anyone into art and cosmopolitan culture Spanish-style, I’d like to [...]
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Before going to the Maspalomas region of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands , I had the idea that the island was going to be a typical tourist trap – nothing but hotels, resorts and places for people to waste their money on food, drink, and ugly souvenirs. And in a way, I was right. [...]
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A fabulous city along the Mediterranean Sea… A city that offers possibilities for everybody… Founded as a Roman colony over 2000 yeas ago, Barcelona’s first name was Barcino and was part of a state named Catalonia. After many years of revolts, reversals, wars and many uprisings and upturns, the most recent important events in the [...]
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