Picos de Europa and Our Lady of Covadonga in Cantabria (Spain)

The Picos de Europa («Peaks of Europe», also the Picos) are a mountain range extending for about 20 km, forming part of the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain. The range is situated in the Autonomous Communities of Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and León. The highest peak is Torre de Cerredo, at an elevation of 2650

Ribeira Sacra. Winter way of the Jacobean’ route. Galicia

The Ribeira Sacra is an area that includes the banks of the Cabe, Sil and Miño rivers, in the southern part of the province of Lugo and the north of the province of Orense, in Galicia, Spain. The capital of the area is the city of Monforte de Lemos, in the province of Lugo, which

The Jacobean Route.(Part I) The Primitive Way

Camino de Santiago is the denomination that has a series of Christian pilgrimage routes of medieval origin that go to the tomb of the Apostle Santiago el Mayor, located in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain).In a stricter sense, it has historically been known as «Camino de Santiago» (today called «Camino de Santiago

Andorra. Ski and duty free shopping

Andorra is a tiny, a sovereign landlocked microstate principality, also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, situated between France and Spain in the Pyrenees mountains. The Andorran people are a Romance ethnic group of originally Catalan descent. Tourism in Andorra sees an estimated 10.2 million visitors annually and has become a popular tourist

Avila. Old Castile in Spain.

Ávila is a Spanish fortified city located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Sometimes called the Town of Stones and Saints, claims that is one of the towns with the highest number of Romanesque and Gothic churches per capita in Spain. Owns complete and prominent medieval town walls, built in the Romanesque style;

Coimbra. Portugal

Portugal is the perfect destination to travel with friends, or in a group. “Portugal is small but bully.” There are a lot of places that are real gems.We introduce you to Coimbra. El Fado de Coimbra is a highly stylized genre of fado music originated in Coimbra. According to tradition, to applaud fado in Lisbon

Douro’s river cruises. Portugal

The Duero (in Portuguese, Douro,) is the most important river in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Born in Fuentes del Duero, on the southern slopes of the Urbión peak (Duruelo de la Sierra, Soria), about 2160 m. above sea level, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the Porto estuary (Portugal). It is 897

The Albufera in Valencia.

La Albufera is just 10 km from Valencia. Is a freshwater lagoon and estuary on the Gulf of Valencia. Nature in its purest form, dream sunsets, boat rides and disconnection in capital letters. As an urban oasis surrounded by rice paddies and forest: that is the Natural Park of La Albufera for everyone who knows

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».