Cider and Dinosaurs on the Asturian coast
Asturias’ ‘Cider Country’ or ‘The Dinosaur Coast’, call it what you will, the area around Lastres and Colunga at the foot of the Sierra del Sueve mountains is certainly one …
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Medieval Olite
Olite, a set on Flickr. Medieval markets and fairs are quite commonplace in Spain these days but we’ve never come across one quite as special as that of Olite. An …
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Surprising Castro Urdiales
Our big surprise this summer was a visit to Castro Urdiales. During the boom years – pre-crisis of course – the outskirts of Castro have suffered heavily with a lot …
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Potes – “The town of bridges and towers”.
Leave the rugged Cantabrian coast behind you and wind your way up the dramatic gorge of La Hermida with the bubbling river Deva running through, into the verdant valley of …
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On our way to sun, sea and sand…
From as far back as I can remember, almost every summer brought our yearly holiday to Cantabria, when my two sisters and I would be packed into the car in …
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“Sitting on the dock of the bay” at San Vicente de la Barquera
Sitting out on the decking, almost floating, on the impressively wide estuary at San Vicente de la Barquera in Western Cantabria, slowly savouring “a desert island of foie gras”, one …
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Santillana Del Mar – The village of three lies
Once described by Jean-Paul Sartre as ” the most beautiful village in Spain”, the seignorial, medieval village of Santillana del Mar, at one time the capital of the so called …
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Romanesque churches in the Liébana Valley
Among the folds of the valley of Liébana in Cantabria’s south west corner, under the soaring peaks of the Picos de Europa National Park, you can find some real gems …
Read MoreCaminos – northern Spain in images
Caminos General, a set on Flickr.
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Pesaguero – gateway to the Picos’ natural charms
Half way up the pass of Piedrasluengas, which links Potes and the Valley of Liébana with Palencia and the interior, Pesaguero is just a tiny village but it has a …
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