It’s that time of year again – the air is crisp, the streets are adorned with twinkling lights, and the smell of mulled wine and roasted chestnuts fills the air. Yes, it’s Christmas market season! And if you’re looking for an unforgettable experience, then follow our mini-Christmas tour southwards from our home in the Hague, …
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This Easter we found ourselves at home in Valencia wondering how to best enjoy the long weekend that had been gifted to us. It is so tempting to just stay at home and enjoy the Valencian sun, but this also means that Matt will end up working in the garden for several days. So we …
Literally our home away from home, the Province of Valencia provides our wonderful Spanish base for this part of the World…135 km of beautiful sandy coastline, 2700 hours of sunshine per year, orange trees as far as the eye can see and of course the home of Paella and Rice. With this blog we’ll give …
Over 100 years ago the Spanish government, in the early days of chasing the tourist dollar, embarked on setting up a network of luxury hotels that would take the visitor to oft unvisited parts of Spain that were a hidden gem to make a detour for. Typically housed in castles, monasteries, palaces and other historic …
October can be a bit rainy in Valencia and this meant that we had to spend a few days indoors hiding from some increment weather. This ended up getting us hooked on the Netflix series of ‘Ultimate Beast Master’…a kind of international obstacle competition on steroids that has Lyssa shouting very loudly at the tv …
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On the western side of Valencia Community, in the area of Bicorp you’ll find a hidden natural gem that is the River Fraile (the Monk’s river). This ~10km river route (round trip) will give the opportunity to do some self-guided canyoning along some spectacular nature and a chance to escape from the hot Valencian summer. …
In 813 AD King Alfonso II (The Chaste) made what is said to be the first pilgrimage to North Western Spain to visit the remains of the apostle James (Santiago); building a chapel to the saint that would later become a grand cathedral on a square described as the the field of stars (Compostela) and …
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In Malaga province, hidden away in the gorge of the Chorro river you’ll find a bit of adventure that makes for a must do daytrip when you are in the area. With walkways fastened high-up against the rock faces of the gorge, the caminito was originally built in the early 1900s to help workers build …
Stretching from the fine dining of Denia in the north, to the pink lake of Torrevieja in its south, the province of Alicante has some of most picturesque seascapes in Spain. Here we’ll give you our top spots to visit in this varied little province: Cova Tallada Just to the south of Denia you’ll find …