Planning a Trip to Spain

A Getaway to Seducing Seville

Seville. A magical gateway to the early Middle Ages inspired by the fairytale marriage of the Moorish architectural style palaces, castles and buildings, together with the Spanish, traditional...

Travel Barcelona Like a Local

A week in Barcelona went by in no time at all, or maybe I was just so busy doing things and discovering the city. Barcelona surely has a lot to offer! Within a week I grew familiar with various...

How Not to Dress Like a Tourist in Spain

When my family and I first moved abroad and became expats in the amazing city of Barcelona, we didn’t take notice to how we may have...”stood out” amongst locals. Looking back now two...

What to do in Seville: three-day itinerary

WHAT TO DO IN SEVILLE: ITINERARY FOR THREE DAYS I've lost count of how many times I have been to Spain, starting from the first time, in Valencia, as an au pair. Since then I have never stopped: I...

Travel guide Spain: a weekend getaway to Andalusia

Every year Ries goes, together with his father and brother, on a weekend getaway in Europe. It is a special and beautiful tradition. Sometimes they visit a city, other times they hike through...

Going around Valencia and Barcelona

This report is about a carefree summer in which I visited Spain for the first time, and I chose two classic destinations for the period and considered evergreen. I'm glad I saw them, and I think they...