holidays in Spain

  • Costa del Sol

    Costa del Sol

    The Costa del Sol or “Sun Coast”, one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the world due to its natural beauty and infrastructure, extends along the entire coast of the province of Málaga and the Mediterranean coast of Cádiz.

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    | January 15, 2012
  • Gaudi architecture in Barcelona

    Gaudi architecture in Barcelona

    The architect Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926) didn’t create Barcelona. The city is over 2,000 years old and the famed artist was active around the end of the 19th century. But much that is worthy in this Spanish city is the result of his efforts. Just a list of the works he created that are still extant [...]

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    | December 3, 2011
  • Holidays in Ibiza

    Holidays in Ibiza

    Spain’s Balearic Islands are one of the main attractions in the Mediterranean. One of Balearics most popular islands is Ibiza due to the amazing night life it provides for its visitors. There are many night clubs located throughout the island which could explain for the high amount of young adults that visit each year.

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    | November 26, 2011
  • Balearic Islands: Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera

    Balearic Islands: Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera

    Each of the Balearic Isles has features that distinguish it from its neighbours and more than sufficient individual appeal to justify a visit. Mallorca, the largest, is home to Palma, Balearic capital and seat of the Regional Authority. Palma is a modern, cosmopolitan city, with its image as Spain’s summer capital reinforced and enhanced by [...]

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    | November 22, 2011

Andalusia holidays

Why is Marbella the hen do capital of Europe?

Why is Marbella the hen do capital of Europe?

If you have been given the responsibility of organising a best friend’s hen do, or you are the lucky bride-to-be yourself, then look no further than Marbella for the most luxurious and memorable foreign hen party resort you could wish for. In recent years, Marbella has become THE hen do destination for any discerning potential [...]

Cordoba Holy Week

Cordoba Holy Week

The week leading up to Easter, and especially Holy Thursday and Holy Friday, is full of ritual, display and devotion. Throughout the week, costaleros from Thirty Catholic associations, or brotherhoods, bear images of the Passion of Christ and of the Virgin Mary on their shoulders through the narrow streets for hours, taking turns under the [...]

Costa da Luz

Costa da Luz

Apart from a few rocky stretches, the Costa de la Luz is a continuous line of fine sandy beaches backed by pine groves. Flanked by saline and marsh, the lower reaches of the rivers present a scene that has barely changed in centuries. The name Costa de la Luz, or Coast of Light, comes from [...]

Nerja

Nerja

The vibrant little coastal town, Nerja, lies at the foot of the Sierre Almijara, Andalusia. Here, mountains plunge straight into the crystal clear sea and coastlines jut proudly against an backdrop of sea and sky.

Balearic Islands holidays

Ibiza Creativity Festival

Ibiza Creativity Festival

Artists from a variety of disciplines (painting, music, sculpture, theatre…) come together for over a week in Ibizatown. Dates from Oct 17, 2012 to Oct 19, 2012.

Palma de Mallorca Fira del Ram

Palma de Mallorca Fira del Ram

The Fira del Ram is an amusement park that brings together attractions by the hundred and visitors by the thousands every year. March/April.

Santuari de Lluc, Majorca

Santuari de Lluc, Majorca

The sanctuary at Lluc is the spiritual centre of Mallorca and has been a place of pilgrimage for over 800 years. The main point of interest is the little statue of the Virgin (La Moreneta de Lluc), which, so the story goes, was found in a cave by an Arab shepherd boy who had converted [...]

Santanyi, Majorca

Santanyi, Majorca

Santanyi old town is full of stone houses built from the local honey-coloured sandstone. The same sandstone was used in the building of the cathedral in Palma and Castell Bellver.

Canary Islands holidays

Los Gigantes, Tenerife

Los Gigantes, Tenerife

Los Gigantes lies at the foot of the imposing cliffs of los Gigantes at an average height of 500 metres and 30 km northwest of the playa de las Americas. This spot which is not as crowded as las Americas or los Cristianos, has first class hotels associated with a sports port, excellent views of [...]

San Agustin, Gran Canaria

San Agustin, Gran Canaria

San Agustín is one of the leading tourist centres lying on Gran Canaria’s southern flank. Although nowadays it tends to form part of the generalised sprawl that spreads through the Playa del Inglés and Maspalomas areas, it is nevertheless an entity in its own right, located around the beaches of San Agustín and Las Burras.

Los Cristianos, Tenerife

Los Cristianos, Tenerife

The popular resort of Los Cristianos lies in a sheltered bay in the south-west corner of the island of Tenerife, merging into the more glitzy purpose-built resort of Playa de las Americas.

Corralejo, Fuerteventura

Corralejo, Fuerteventura

Once just a small fishing village on the north coast of Fuerteventura, Corralejo’s harbour now receives ferries full of day-trippers from Playa Blanca in Lanzarote every day and the town plays host to hundreds of visitors who are drawn to spend a sunny, sandy holiday in the island’s tourist Mecca.

Alicante holidays

Culture of Benidorm

Culture of Benidorm

Mention Benidorm and with it, by implication, the concepts of package tourism, hotel buffets, British bars with one euro a pint lager, northern English Working Men’s Club turns imitating something neither themselves nor their audience have ever been, lobster-impersonating spit-burnt sunbathers and fried English breakfasts with the bacon already coated in tomato sauce, and I [...]

Alicante monuments

Alicante monuments

As well as museums, Alicante also has a great monumental heritage. Examples include: Santa Bárbara Castle overlooking the Mediterranean atop Mount Benacantil and providing unrivalled sea views; the Santa María Church, a 14th century Gothic temple that houses a priceless documental and artistic collection whose oldest piece is an incunable dating back to the 13th [...]

Things to do around Alicante

Things to do around Alicante

Elche Elche is the Region of Valencia’s third largest city in terms of population and is the Spanish footwear capital. The mere mention of Elche immediately evokes images of its spectacular palm tree grove, El Palmeral, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and of the Misteri, one of Spain’s most important cultural [...]

Things to do in Javea

Things to do in Javea

Located in Alicante province, Spain, Javea is a well known market town and seaside resort. Its climate is considered one of the healthiest in the world making it a popular tourist location, more so during the winter seasons. The next time you plan to visit Spain, make it a point to include this town in [...]

Barcelona holidays

Barcelona Sagrada Familia

Barcelona Sagrada Familia

Antonio Gaudi is Barcelona’s patron architect. Much of the city bears his stamp. Nowhere is this more evident than in his unfinished masterpiece, The Temple of the Holy Family. Work began in 1883 but halted after the architect’s untimely death from a tram accident in 1926.

Barcelona Port Vell

Barcelona Port Vell

Barcelona is a city by the sea, the Mediterranean Sea to be exact. Like most coastal towns its history and ambiance are affected by that fact. For centuries the harbor was the scene of seafarers and townspeople bustling about on the traditional business that takes place at any port.

Barcelona Catalan National Art Museum

Barcelona Catalan National Art Museum

The Catalan National Art Museum offers a complete history of native art from the Romanesque period through the 1940s. In between are hundreds of samples of the finest art Barcelona has to offer.

Barcelona Montjuic

Barcelona Montjuic

At the base of Montjuic in Barcelona, while standing in the Placa d’Espanya, visitors see before them two majestic towers. Constructed in 1929 as part of the Palau Nacional for the World Exhibition, they form the entrance to this Spanish city’s magnificent hilltop park.

Madrid holidays

Teleferico Madrid

Teleferico Madrid

Apart from its unbeatable location, this original and exciting means of transport links Madrid to one of the green spaces that acts as a lung for the city: Casa de Campo. Extremely modern thanks to its high tech, reliability and safety, this transport covers 2.5 kilometres that combine a cultural visit and contact with nature.

Imax Madrid

Imax Madrid

Imax Madrid offers its visitors the most advanced projection system in history. It is possible to get into a sound and light show that will make you feel there is another dimension, a challenge to your senses, with three impressive screens that will literally surround you and make you feel you are the main character: [...]

Aquópolis San Fernando Madrid

Aquópolis San Fernando Madrid

Aquópolis San Fernando aqua park is to the south east of Madrid. Don’t miss the Kamikaze, two water slides on which you can reach speeds of up to 40 km/hour.

Planetario de Madrid

Planetario de Madrid

Its main objective is to disseminate Astronomy and Science from two standpoints: one educational and one informative, always geared at promoting both disciplines among school students and the public at large.

Spain holidays

Welcome to Cheap Holidays in Spain

Welcome to Cheap Holidays in Spain

| October 4, 2011

The crystal clear waters, golden sands and sunshine make Spain a year round holiday destination. Whether you’re looking for the hustle and bustle of the Costa del Sol or the calm serenity and beauty of the Costa de Almeria you’ll find what you’re looking for on the Spanish Costas. Mediterranean beaches, sangria in the sun and [...]

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Málaga Don Carlos Hotel

Málaga Don Carlos Hotel

| May 16, 2013

Located 11 km from Marbella’s centre is the Don Carlos Hotel, a magnificent five-star hotel where guests can enjoy all the luxury and superb services provided by its extraordinary staff. The hotel has 241 rooms and suites plus the exclusive, exquisitely decorated Beach Suites.

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Sea Life Benalmadena

Sea Life Benalmadena

| May 3, 2013

The first interactive aquarium in Andalusia offers us a glimpse of the most hidden mysteries of the underwater kingdom.  The penetrating aroma of the sea and the whispering of the waves let us know that our fascinating journey to the sea world has begun.

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Marbella Los Monteros Hotel

Marbella Los Monteros Hotel

| April 21, 2013

The Los Monteros, an emblematic hotel in the area, is situated in the Milla del Golf complex, in Marbella, in one of the most exclusive residential areas of the Costa del Sol, just a few minutes from the city centre and Puerto Banús.

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