Avila is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name. It’s a city in the rolling hill countryside northwest of Madrid. It’s one of the must-see sights of …
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Uruena’s hermitage and walled library village
When travelling from Astorga to Avila we wanted to find a nice place to break up the journey. Deby found us a gem of a place. Usually, we look at …
Guadi’s Episcopal Palace in Astorga
We’re huge fans of Guadi after we were lucky enough to visit many of his buildings on an earlier trip in 2002 to Barcelona. So when we learned about Gaudi’s …
Leon’s Sistine Chapel of Romanesque art.
Casa Botines We’ve been fascinated with any building that Antoni Gaudi has been involved with since we went to Barcelona back in 2002. There is surely no similar architect in …
Pre-Romanesque churches of Naranca
You’ve heard of Romanesque when it comes to architecture, but have you ever heard the term Pre-Romanesque? It’s really for architecture that was before its time before the Romanesque style …
The sun returns in Gijon
It’s been 24 days since we had a day that was sunny AND warm. What’s wrong with that? What a terrible summer we’ve had! We arrived in Alcobaca and it …
Cudillero charming fishing village
We’ve been away for over 4 months now and really hadn’t seen any rain but we were expecting quite a lot over the next week. In Cudillero because of the …
Cathedral Beach
“As Catedrais beach” translates as ‘Beach of the Cathedrals’ or Cathedral Beach. It’s one of the highlights of the north coastline of Spain. If you love spectacular beaches, rugged coastline …
The Roman Walls of Lugo
We went to Lugo for just one reason and that was to see the Roman walls, as Lugo is the only city in the WORLD to be surrounded by completely …
Tower of Hercules ancient Roman lighthouse
The Tower of Hercules is the oldest working lighthouse in the world. Built in the 2nd Century, in the time of Trajan, and later renovated in 1788 by order of …