Video visit to Seville

Finally! Here is the video of our visit to Seville. The video shows some of the most interesting places to see in Seville, the city is really worth a visit. The weather is usually warm and sunny and the city itself is awesome.
Here are some images of the Cathedral and the Giralda Tower, the Tower of Gold (Torre del Oro), the Triana barrio and bridge and some other outstanding sights. We have prepared two other videos with a virtual visit to the Reales Alcázares Palace, an incredible Palace, mixture of Arabic and Christian architectures, and another video of Plaza de España (Square of Spain), an amazing square. Hope you enjoy our videos!



Seville travel tips
More information about Seville in our Tour Spain Travel Guide of Seville
Use our interactive map of Seville to plan your trip, locate all the monuments, build your itinerary and find accommodation and restaurants.

Sculpture exhibition in Salamanca

Here is an excellent plan for sculpture lovers visiting Spain in 2007. In the ancient city of Bejar, located in the South of Salamanca (200 kilometres from Madrid) you can enjoy, until the end of this year, an amazing exhibition of sculpture in the framework of a homage to the Spanish sculptor Mateo Hernandez. 57 years after the sculptor's death, the city that hosts his museum celebrates a contest of sculpture. Here is a video of the sculpture exhibition that you can see in Béjar.

Beautiful Seville

I've just landed back home after a wonderful week of holiday in Southern Spain. Andalusia is a beautiful region to discover, here you can view an example, have a look at our pictures from Seville, you will fall in love with this city!
Pictures from Seville in Flickr

Ready to explore Andalusia

I am preparing to travel to the South of Spain. The last week has been pretty cold and cloudy in Spain, but it seems that the good weather is back this weekend, and I am ready to try the famous beaches of Andalusia.
I'll be travelling to Seville and Malaga next week. I hope to visit the famous Nerja, my friends have told me that it's beautiful but I haven't been there yet. We'll be gathering some useful information fot the Tour Spain Travel Guides website too.
Our first stop in the Andalusia tour will be Seville, which is the capital of the region and the largest city in Andalusia, from there we will be travelling to the city of Malaga, famous beach resort of the South of Spain, and then finally to the coast of Nerja and Torrox. We'll keep you updated with the best places sto visit, we'll be posting photos and more information soon.

Just back from holiday in Santander

I'm just back from a short but fullfilling holiday in wonderful Santander. The weather in Spain has been pretty bad during the easter week (with snow in inland Spain and all), but lukilly enough the north of Spain was sunny and warm. So I had a great time visiting friends and exploring the amazing Cantabria.
The city of Santander was packed with people enjoying the holiday, so I preferred to move to less crowded parts of Cantabria. I went to Liencres beach, which is a nature park and has a great beach with dunes, and I also walked up to la Picota, a small mountain just by the beach of Liencres with amazing views over the Santander bay and the coast. An amazing experience.
Have a look at the pictures in the Tourspain Photoalbum or in our Flickr photos

Spanish fiestas and celebrations

Spring begins tomorrow and in Spain it's time for Fiestas and Celebrations.

Yesterday the Fallas were buried in Valencia. An amazing tradition worth seeing if you're in Spain and even worth the trip to Spain itself.

Fallas are the most important celebration in Valencia, they take place in March 19th. Huge paper and cardboard statues are build every year showing the most current events in Spain that year, everything from politics to gossip from the tabloids is critizised and made public in this huge statues which are burnt on March 19th, in a celebration of fire and purification.

Semana Santa is on the corner, celebrations begining in two weeks in most cities of Spain, and in contrast with this religious celebration, Sevilla's Feria de Abril will be starting also in April 24th. Enjoy the Spanish celebrations!

Great events in Spain in 2007

This could be a great year to travel to Spain. The city of Valencia will be hosting the 32 America's cup, a great event that you can't miss if you like sailing of if you are travelling to Valencia.

Read more information about the America's Cup in the official website

In tourspain we offer you information to prepare your trip, city guides, history of Spain, what to see, maps and accommodation.

Hotels in Spain

New in Tourspain, we are now adding information about hotels in Spain. We believe that the selection of hotels presented is really good, you will find accommodation for all price ranges, and in different Spanish cities. We offer you a description of the hotel, pictures and you can check the exact location in the map of each city. We will be adding more cities soon, but so far you can find hotels in Salamanca, Seville, Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Santander Bilbao, Valencia and Tenerife.

Prepare your trip to Tenerife

If you plan to travel to Tenerife, here are a couple of links with useful information that could be useful to prepare your trip:

Travel to Tenerife: websites with information about transportation and flights:

• Flights to Tenerife several air companies flight to the island from most european cities, just bear in mind that there are two different airports in the city and try to choose the one nearest to your destination in the island.


• Transport in Tenerife: how to rent a car, buses and coaches, boat trips, etc.

Where to stay in Tenerife: Need accommodation in Tenerife? Find it here!

• Hotels in Tenerife: Book your stay at the best rates, choose a hotel, check availability and prices and see the location of the hotel in our maps. It’s really easy to make the reservation from your own home and even paying less than in a travel agency!


• Apartment in Tenerife: If you prefer to stay in an apartment in Tenerife, you’ll find a wide range of available apartments here.

What to eat in Tenerife:

• Here is a selection of the best restaurants in the island


• Learn more about the typical canarian dishes and even how to prepare them yourself!
  

Just back from holiday in Tenerife!

Waoo, it’s been a great week down south in the Canary Islands. I travelled to wonderful Tenerife to find some warm weather in Autumn, and I can say that after one week in Tenerife I am really tan :D

Tenerife helds nice temperatures all through the year, specially in the South of the island. It is called the “Island of contrasts” they told me, because you can find many different types of landscapes and climates, since the center of the island is occupied by the gigant Teide vulcano, the highest peak in Spain, and the rest of the island boasts beautiful beaches.

Now, about the beaches, most are very peculiar because their sand is black instead of golden. Apparently this is due to the kind of stone that you find in a volcanic island like this. Nothing to worry about though, the beaches are great nevertheless and the vulcano is not going to blow while you are there! :) I’ll tell you more details about this trip in the next posts, but now, in case anyone planning to travel to Tenerife is reading me… I have to tell you that I was a bit disapointed by the hotel I stayed in. I’ve been already there a couple of times, and stayed in different hotels, all of which where great (4 stars I chose) but this time although I booked a 4-star of a well-know hotel chain, the hotel was quite bad, specially the room, really small, incorfotable and not too clean, so please, be careful if you are looking for a hotel in the South and you come across this “Hesperia Troya Hotel” I stayed in, it is dreadful, you better choose another one.

Discovering Spain again

I love travelling, I’ve always loved it.

I have travelled to different countries in Spain and Africa, not many though, but now that I am back in Spain, my home country, I reckon that I haven’t explored enough of this amazing country I live in.

Have you heard about cities like…Seville, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia…. sure you have.Well my aim is to visit all this places and to tell you what I find there, and what’s going on in Spain.

Hope you stay and read, if you love travelling like me and you are planning to visit Spain, I’m sure that you will find useful information in the tourspain website. Follow the links to the city you are interested in to find all the information about history, travel and accommodation.
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