Country Archive
Granada: Tales from the Alhambra
Date: 09/05/2005"You’ll want to allow at least half a day to take in the Moorish splendor of the Alhambra..."
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Moorish hill-top castles and romantic whitewashed villages in Spain's Andalusian province
Date: 09/01/2005
Author:
Steenie Harvey
The Alhambra, Granada's famous rose-red citadel, bears an enigmatic inscription that translates as: "Give him alms, woman. There is nothing in this life so cruel as to be blind in Granada."
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Menorca-Spain's most romantic isle
Date: 02/01/2005
Menorca, the most romantic of the Balearic Islands, is the kind of spot you might want to escape to on your honeymoon, as Princess Grace and Prince Rainier did. Traveling from one end of the island to the other on its narrow, winding roads, you will probably encounter no one, save the unobtrusive sheep on the hillsides. Menorca is lush and hilly and is said to have 120 coves with uncrowded beaches.
Read OnSkiing, Spanish-style
Date: 09/14/2004The Spanish Pyrenees don't get as much publicity as the ski resorts of France, Italy, Switzerland, and Austria.
Read OnA Secret Learned on a Spanish Island
Date: 04/29/2004Wind power in the best-kept secret in the energy sector today.
Read OnSpain's Favorite City
Date: 01/14/2004Girona is consistently rated--by Spaniards--as the most desirable place in Spain to live.
Read OnBreakfast in Madrid
Date: 10/16/2003Madrid's Plaza Mayor, site of a Sunday morning coin collectors' market under the arcades.
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