Come and see 15000 years of human presence, from the world's finest collection of cro-magnon cave art, through pre-romanic churches, magnificent gothic cathedrals to the very vanguard of modern architecture. Crossed by the various Caminos de Santiago, for centuries Europe's most important pilgrim route, "steeped in history" doesn't do the area justice. But it's not all "stones and bones" - there are no end of music festivals covering everything folk, jazz, hard rock, San Sebastian's world class Cinema festival and of course the traditional fiestas which each town celebrates in it's own way.
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Northern Spain’s magnificent collection of 17 caves with Cro-magnon artworks have recently awarded the status of Unesco World Heritage Site, in fact Altamira, the jewel in the crown, has enjoyed this status ...{more}
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Buño, in the Costa da Morte region of Galicia, is famed for its potteries. The whole village appears to dedicate themselves to this ancient craft and it is certainly the place to go to find gifts to take ...{more}
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In medieval times a pilgrimage would have started at your front door but these days the majority opt to start at the Spanish frontier and where better than Roncesvalles, a beautiful hamlet famous for the ...{more}
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The tradition of human tower building is deep rooted in Catalan culture and nowhere more so than in Vilafranca del Penedés where they have one of the province’s foremost groups. The practice goes back ...{more}
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The fortified Celtic settlement in Coaña, just west of Navia, is one of the most important in Asturias. The didactic centre shows the evolution of ancient Celtic settlement culture from its beginnings ...{more}
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El Día de Cantabria is held in Cabezón de la Sal on the second Sunday in August and should not be missed if you are staying in the area then. It is a wonderful fiesta celebrating country living, and lasts ...{more}
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Opened by the King of Spain in 2005 Dinastia Vivanco Museum of Wine Culture is sure of a place among the worlds best wine museums. Not only are there the expected artefacts associated with the making, ...{more}
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"El Mozucu" is a very local fiesta with a true family atmosphere, held in Udias near Cabezón de la Sal on the 9th of September. Decorative carts with the Virgen on board come from neighbouring Ruiloba ...{more}
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El Soplao cave, considered as one of the great treasures of world geology, once a mine, but in 1975 when that was closed speleological exploration began to reveal a unique and spectacular crystallographic ...{more}
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Visit Frank Gehry's world famous Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. For art lovers there's also the Bellas Artes just across the road and for aficionados of modern architecture the Rioja Alavesa, just an hour ...{more}
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Within a stone’s throw from the medieval walled town of Laguardia, itself home to some outstanding architecture, notably the church of Santa Maria de los Reyes with is fine polychromatic portico, one may ...{more}
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Join the thousands of people at the International Folk Festival in Ortigueira on the beautiful northern coast of Galicia on the third weekend in July to celebrate Celtic solidarity. The setting alone, ...{more}
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La Santuca de Liébana and La Fiesta de la Cruz are for those who enjoy a bit of exercise as they both include plenty of walking. La Santuca de Liébana in Potes in the Picos de Europa on the 2nd of May ...{more}
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Lace-making is an age-old tradition throughout Galicia, particularly along its extensive coastline, but the true heart of the art is in Camariñas, a sleepy village on the "Costa da Morte", where the sea ...{more}
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Las Médulas, in the region of El Bierzo, not far from Ponferrada, declared a Unesco site in 1997, is an amazingly dramactic and beautiful landscape with undulating rock formations reminiscent of the Wild ...{more}
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The Ribeira Sacra, an area shared by the provinces of Lugo and Ourense, refers to shelters for monks and hermits in the dramatic gorges of the Rivers Sil and Miño from Suevian times. Numerous monasteries, ...{more}
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Literally "serrated mountain" the peculiar rock forms of Monserrat are host to Catalunya's most important Christian site, the Benedictine monastery which houses the shrine of the Virgin of Monserrat. This ...{more}
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With examples dating back to the 8th century, when it was the last outpost of Christianity on the peninsula, Asturias is host to Spain's finest collection of pre-romanesque architecture. The style is said ...{more}
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A fiesta not to be missed for those staying in La Costa Lucence area of Galicia. A Rapa das Bestas, literally the branding of wild horses, is held on the first Sunday in July in the village of Santo André ...{more}
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One of Wellington’s most important victories over the Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular campaign, the Battle of Salamanca in 1812 was essentially his first victory on the attack and served a great ...{more}
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The Monastery of Santo Toribio of Liebana (near to Potes in the Cantabrian mountains) stands alongside Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela and Caravaca de la Cruz as one of only five places with the ...{more}
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Sargadelos, a tiny village on the Costa Lucence, had one of Spain's earliest ironworks and a famous Royal Ceramics Factory that closed in 1860, but has recently been reopened. Here the Sargadelos pottery ...{more}
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Come and explore the exciting Dinosaur Coast between Ribadesella and Villaviciosa, tracking down giant dinosaur footprints all along the way and visit the impressive Jurassic Museum at Colunga. The Jurassic ...{more}
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One of Spain’s great trade routes, the Via de la Plata stretches 800km from Sevilla to Gijon, crossing 8 provinces and has done so since Roman times. Its name “the Silver Route” hasn’t really any basis ...{more}
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Spain is full of great surprises and the 13th century cathedral of Santa Maria in the city of León is certainly one of them. Modelled on Chartres for its interior and Notre Dame for its exterior it houses ...{more}
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