HERDING HUMAN CATTLE THROUGH THE STREETS OF AVILA & SEGOVIA Avila and Segovia are small towns just outside Madrid, both with a lot to offer the keen tourist. Avila is famous for its grand city walls and as the birthplace of St Theresa, one of Spain’s most beloved […]
HOLY TOLEDO! Toledo is just 70km South of Madrid and makes for an easy day trip – as we found out today. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is packed with monuments, museums, and historical sites to visit. Toledo’s wealth of cultural monuments harks back […]
THE MYSTICAL MEZQUITA OF CORDOBA During the Muslim occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, Córdoba became one of the largest and most enlightened cities in the Caliphate. What is today a small, nondescript Andalusian town was once one of the greatest cities of the Medieval world, rivalling Constantinople in the […]
THE ASTONISHING ALCAZAR OF SEVILLE Seville has played host to a series of contrasting cultures from its Roman origins, followed by 500 years of Islamic occupation, and culminating in the Christian reconquest of the 13th century. The city’s architecture reflects its diverse history, no more so than the […]
Wandering Soles 