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 …
Tag: Spain
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 …
Santiago de Compostela and all those pilgrims
If you aren’t wearing hiking boots, a rucksack and a woolly hat you will most probably feel out of place in Santiago de Compostela. At the end of the famous …
Merida, Spain – everything Roman
We’d just finished a great few days site seeing in Evora and really enjoyed the amazing Roman history. We’d discussed moving onto Lisbon but only one of us was feeling …
Evora – Roman Temple, Aqueduct and Bones!
What a great time we had exploring all that Evora had to offer today. We used our moped which was awesome as we can go places cars just cannot fit …
Royal Alcazar of Seville
Everything I had read suggested that the Royal Alcazar of Seville was similar and style and second only to the Alhambra in Granada. Built later, but continually occupied and updated, …
A little treat in the ancient baths at Aire in Seville
Sometimes you just have to blow the budget and do something special. I’d had my eye on a few of the very special looking Spas on the way through Spain, …
The enormity of Seville Cathedral
Seville Cathedral is truly incredible, in many ways. It can be best summed up by a quote from the Cathedral Chapter (a college of clerics formed to advise a bishop). …