Cheste is a town in the Valencian community quite famous for its motor racing circuit. Indeed, the finale of the Moto GP series takes place there making it internationally reknowned. If bikes are not your thing though, there’s still a…
Logroño – not just Rioja!
Logroño is the capital city of the La Rioja region most famously recognised for its wine. Now, although a nice glass of red features highly on our list of priorities, we found the city had a lot going for it…
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El Almacen – A Wonderful Wine Bar in Daya Vieja
Everyone needs a wonderful wine bar within walking distance, right? Well, now we have one. Thanks to Rafa Vives and his team at El Almacén Wine Bar, we can stroll out for a glass of top quality vino at very…
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Puente La Reina and its Roasted Red Peppers
Puente La Reina (The Queen’s Bridge) is a small medieval town lying just a short drive South West of Pamplona, beyond the windfarm on El Perdon. It seems strange to be writing about a place some nine years afte visiting,…
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Albarracin – amazing antique architecture!
Albarracín is one of those places that really needs to be added on everyone’s “to do” list of Spain. Just two hours drive from both Zaragoza and Valencia, and about three and a half from Madrid, it’s far enough away…
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Marvellous Murals in Geldo
Geldo is a village just half an hour’s drive from the north Valencian and Castellon coast. Otherwise unremarkable, it hosts a fabulous collections of murals making it the ideal place for a morning or afternoon stroll admiring these works of…
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Ayna – The Manchego Switzerland!
Ayna is a small village about an hour’s drive south of Albacete. It really is Castile – La Mancha’s Switzerland if you believe the signposting you see everywhere. Its ever declining population of less than a thousand inhabitants is spread…
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Albacete and its knife museum
It’s been a few years since we were last in Albacete and the chance arose to make a return visit, this time during the opening hours of the knife museum! Staying on the southern side of the city centre, we…
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Chinchilla de Montearagon
Chinchilla (de Montearagon) is an incredible town built on a hill and watched over by a magnificent castle. It is located just outside the city of Albacete in Castille La Mancha and is well worth a couple of hours of…
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Cullera
The seaside town of Cullera (the Valencian word for SPOON!) is located about 25km south of the city of Valencia on the shores of the Mediterranean sea. It’s a great place to stay if you want to visit the natural…
