After the heraldry of Semana Santa in Seville, it was hard to know if we would be able to top it culturally, but Cordoba and Granada thought they would give it a go – dishing up a superb mix of tight winding alleyways, sun filled squares, terraces for tapas and of course the gorgeous Cordoba …
Month: April 2014
semana santa – simply stunning in seville
Wow.....this week in Andalucía and Seville in particular has been simply incredible. Seville is stunning in its own right, a sizzling sun drenched, blossom soaked city with flamboyant architecture, gorgeous gardens, and a very definite feeling of ‘joie de vivre’. The centre of town houses the colossal gothic cathedral which like many in this region started life as a …
golden sand, golden sun and dolphin day – holiday time in the algarve
Heading down from Lisbon to the Algarve, we had a two night stop in a Unesco heritage town called Évora. Évora is a 14th century walled town most famous for the ruins of a Roman Temple (Temple of Diana) which was an interesting spot, but what we will remember most is the Chapel of Bones …
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lisbon – what was, what is and what might be…..
What an enignmatic city Lisbon is! Situated at the mouth of the Tagus River, the estuary provides a glorious backdrop to the broad avenues of Rossio, with it’s grand station and cobbled squares, as well as to the windy tight alleys of the old town in Moorish Alfama. There is an unexpected mix of old …
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the rain in spain…..
and portugal and the uk and everywhere in between… falls mainly on the....well...mainly on us. We have decided on our new careers….drought breakers! Wherever we go at the moment – it seems to rain. Our last night in London was spent with rain pelting in Purley, the Bay of Biscay was blowing and blustery, we …
message in a bottle
The Douro Valley, with it's dramatic scenery, steeply terraced schist vineyards and winding roads that follow the river was just gorgeous. We joined the river at Pinhão, driving down toward Porto, through Peso da Regua, Lamego (where we stayed the night) Ancede, leaving again at Santa Leocadia to cross over the mountains and to the …
The Winding Road 