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Cider and Dinosaurs on the Asturian coast

January 14, 2020 - by Rikke Lyksbo - Leave a Comment

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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Gastronomy / Navarra / Special places

Medieval Olite

January 13, 2020 - by Rikke Lyksbo - Leave a Comment

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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Photo of Castro Urdiales' lighthouse
Cantabria / Coast / Special places

Surprising Castro Urdiales

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 - by Rikke Lyksbo - Leave a Comment

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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Cantabria / Gastronomy / History & Culture / Picos de Europa / Special places

Potes – “The town of bridges and towers”.

November 8, 2019February 20, 2020 - by Rikke Lyksbo

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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Cantabria / Special places

On our way to sun, sea and sand…

October 14, 2019February 11, 2020 - by Rikke Lyksbo - 1 Comment

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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Cantabria / Coast / Gastronomy / History & Culture / Special places

“Sitting on the dock of the bay” at San Vicente de la Barquera

October 12, 2019February 11, 2020 - by Catherine

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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Cantabria / History & Culture / Special places

Santillana Del Mar – The village of three lies

January 23, 2014December 17, 2019 - by Catherine

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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Cantabria / History & Culture / Picos de Europa / Special places

Romanesque churches in the Liébana Valley

October 7, 2013June 11, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Caminos – northern Spain in images

October 3, 2013September 25, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

Caminos General, a set on Flickr.

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Cantabria / Picos de Europa / Special places

Pesaguero – gateway to the Picos’ natural charms

May 31, 2013January 24, 2014 - by admin - Leave a Comment

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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