The essential how to guide for organising holidays to Spain for dummies!
Traditional festivals are a fantastic way to see all the aspects of another culture combined in one, breathtaking event. Spain is a country with no lack of festivals, as it takes great pride in its fiestas and spends a number of days celebrating every year.
There's plenty to love about the island of Gran Canaria. It's one part of the sun-baked Canary Islands, a volcanic archipelago that's Spanish by name and nature, but located geographically closer to Africa - meaning it has a temperate year-round climate and a fascinating geology that's as diverse as they come.
As the biggest of Balearic Islands, Majorca is a popular holiday destination and is renowned for classic family beach holidays. Every summer the coastline becomes home to millions of British families, who have flown onto the island to enjoying a week or two in the Mediterranean sunshine and get away from the drizzly British Summertime.
Where the mighty Pyrenees mountains plunge into the Mediterranean, along the far north-eastern shoreline of Spain, lies Costa Brava. The Catalan name for the region means “rugged” or “wild coast.” Both are apt.
The golden Costa Brava lies in the North East of Spain just above Barcelona and reaches all the way to the French border. It has a typical Mediterranean climate of between 14-30 degrees and is made up of an intricate 300km long coastline which is dramatically backed by a soaring Pyrenean mountain range.
Barcelona is a true European city with a rich cultural inheritance. There are many things to see there and you could go sight-seeing for hours. There are also many museums in the Capital of Catalonia that emphasize on many different things.
Spain has been continuously occupied since before records could be kept. The country offers a fabulous climate with stunning coastlines; this, coupled with over 40 UNESCO World heritage sites, make it very easy to understand why so many visitors flock to this beautiful temperate country; 45 to 57 million visitors per year.