Madrid-Sigüenza. Cervantes and Don Quijote .. all in one

In the Madrid-Sigüenza route that Iberinbound,iberinbound@iberinbound.com incoming travel agency in Castilla-La Mancha, proposes to you (see video at the end of the article), we get fully into the Castilla of the times of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, finding the characters that starred in his worldwide known book «The ingenious cavalier Don Quijote de la Mancha»

Sierra Nevada. The Ceiling of Spain

Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the region of Andalucia, close to Granada in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain and the third highest in Europe (after the Caucasus Mountains and the Alps): Mulhacén, at 3,479 meters (11,414 ft) above sea level. That is why is called «the celiling of Spain».

Granada

Granada is a capital city of the province of the same name, located in the center of the Vega de Granada region, at an altitude of 680 m. above sea level, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. Irrigated by the fourth longest river in Spain, Genil River, and by the foothills of the highest massif

Tapas tour in San Sebastian, Basque Country

We will not discover anything new if we tell you that San Sebastián, called Donostia in the Basque Country, in addition to its architecture, beaches, nature, cinema and culture in general, is a world-renowned capital for its exquisite cuisine. The sand of La Concha or the Comb of the Wind of Chillida may be essential

Mallorca, «Cuevas del Drac»

Mallorca, the biggest of the 4 Balearic Islands. Like the other Balearic Islands, it is an extremely popular holiday destination, particularly for European tourists. Apart from its beautiful beaches, fish markets, parties and restaurants, Mallorca keeps a treasure. This is Las Cuevas del Drac. These are four caves called Cueva Negra (Cova Negra), Cueva Blanca

Salamanca, the unique. The ancient Castilian lineage

Located approximately 200 kilometers west of the Spanish capital Madrid and 80 km east of the Portuguese border, Salamanca is one of the most important university cities in Spain attracting thousands of international students. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. The Plaza Mayor of Salamanca, built as a result

Santillana del Mar and the Caves of Cantabria

Santillana del Mar is a tiny town with old palaces and cobbled alleys. It is located on the Cantabrica cornice, in northern Spain. It is popularly known with the nickname of the town of the three lies, since according to the popular saying «it is not holy (Sant), nor flat (Llana), nor has a sea

The Jerez «Sherry» wine and brandies route

At the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Guadalquivir and Guadalete rivers, we find El Puerto de Santa María and Jerez de la Frontera; only place of production of wines and brandies protected by the Denominations of Origin Jerez-Xérès-Sherry, Manzanilla de Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and the Specific Denomination Brandy

Cadiz, «The Silver Cup» of Andalucia

It was baptized by Lord Byron as «Mermaid of the Ocean» and is popularly known as the «Silver Cup». Separated from the mainland by a narrow channel called Caño de Sancti Petri crossing the marshes, we find Cadiz, immersed in the Natural Park of the Bay of Cádiz, which is not usually related to an

Ribera del Duero, the route of the best wines of Castilla-La Mancha

The wine, that nectar of gods of which the Greek classics already spoke, has become the soul of the attractive route that runs along the Ribera del Duero, a Castilian region vertebrate by one of the great wine channels. Following the river, located at the confluence of the provinces of Soria, Burgos, Segovia and Valladolid,