Just 50km to the Southeast of Pamplona is the small town of Lumbier. It’s nothing special, in fact I didn’t even go there. Nearby hides a special secret though, and that was the sole purpose of this visit. Foz de Lumbier is…
Bardenas Reales – Desert or a feast of colour?
Spring is almost here, or so the almond blossom appearing on the trees would suggest. It’s been a fairly wet winter so there’s a chance that you could witness something spectacular, just as I did a couple of years ago.…
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El Palmeral Park, Alicante
Yesterday I had to pick some friends up from the train station in Alicante. It was a nice day, so we thought we would stop off on the way to have a stroll around the El Palmeral park and find a…
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Salt in Santa Pola
It’s been rather cold on the Costa Blanca as of late. Not THAT cold though. No, we haven’t needed to grit the roads or plough a passage through the snow, so the mountains of salt we see by the side of…
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Walking the Plazaola Green Route in Lekunberri
Too many pintxos on Saturday night? Maybe one too many cañas too? Want to stretch your legs but a trip up into the mountains is beyond your effort level today? This could be the ideal place to clear your head on…
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Guernica in the Woods
When Pablo Picasso painted his famous Guernica back in 1937, I wonder if he knew what its impact would be. It is a symbol of the tragedy of war and a monument to the universal suffering that conflict brings to…
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Llivia – Spain but not quite in Spain
Back in July we set off on our way back to the UK for the summer. Within a few hours we had driven through Spain, France, Spain again, France again, Spain yet again, France yet again and inevitably Spain and…
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Rural History in Catalonia
Canyamars stands at the end of the road. It’s just inland from Mataró on the Costa Maresme in Catalonia and when you follow the road into the hills from Dosrius, this is where it ends! We had no special reason…
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Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud!
San Pedro del Pinatar and nearby Lo Pagan are not particularly famous despite their proximity to the tourist hotspot of Torrevieja. Located just a few miles down the coast and into Murcia, it’s a must see sight for the birds in…
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The Painted Forest of Oma
This extraordinary sight in the North of Spain was originally blogged about in March 2013. A short drive from Guernika we found one of the most extraordinary sights we have seen on Northern Spain – the Painted Forest of…
