Costa del Sol – the Coast of the Sun – stretches across Spain’s southern Andalusia province from Nerja in the east to La Línea de la Concepción near Gibraltar in […]
Spain
Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada
From our base in Nerja on Costa del Sol we made a day trip inland through the Sierra Nevada to Granda for some hiking in Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada. […]
Seville
We chased the sun south to Seville from Madrid, leaving behind some rain that was due to hit the capital. On weekdays there’s a high-speed train almost every hour from […]
The Royal Alcázar of Seville
Even though the Royal Alcázar of Seville was only a couple of hours of our time in the city of Seville, it really deserves its own entry given the number […]
Madrid
It was a beautiful train ride from Bilbao to Madrid’s Chamartin station, a winding route through the rugged mountains of Montes Obarenes National Park with some incredible views out the […]
Bilbao and the Basque Coast
Bilbao is an industrial port city located roughly 15 kilometers/10 miles inland from the coast and served as our base for a few days to explore the Basque coastline between […]
San Sebastián
It was quite the trip down memory lane for the kids and me as we crossed the border into Spain from the train station in Hendaye in France: we’d walked […]