Spain’s White Villages Ranked: Which Pueblos Blancos Are Worth Visiting?
Which of Spain’s White Villages are actually worth visiting? We ranked nine of Andalucía’s Pueblos Blancos to separate the authentic spots from the traps.
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Spain, deep and long. Murcia, Cartagena, Valencia, Seville, Alicante, Córdoba, Toledo, Segovia, Palma de Mallorca and Valldemossa — the cities, the coast, the food, the tiny villages. Currently in a full-blown love affair with the country.
Cádiz Travel Guide: Why Western Europe’s Oldest City Defies the Hype
Cádiz is Western Europe’s oldest city. This 3,000-year-old island survived the loss of its imperial wealth by keeping its sharp humour and pristine beaches.
Jerez de la Frontera travel guide: exploring Spain’s sherry capital
Jerez de la Frontera is worth visiting because it lost its massive sherry fortune but retained its authentic soul. The city offers uncrowded Moorish palaces, neighborhood flamenco, and historic wine cellars without the tourist crowds.
Costa Blanca Road Trip: Escaping the Package Holiday Resorts
The Costa Blanca is heavily associated with high-rise package resorts, but a quick drive inland reveals a different reality. Discover hidden Moorish mountain fortresses, skyline-free historic towns, and bizarre brutalist architecture hiding just behind the infamous tourist strips.
Lanzarote: From Pirate Battlefield to Purpose-Built Resort
Lanzarote is famous for its massive British package holiday resorts, but its true history is defined by violent pirate raids and volcanic survival. This guide uncovers how a 1970 runway extension turned a desperate frontier into Europe’s ultimate tourist machine.
Lanzarote Off the Beaten Path: Hiking the Martian Interior
Lanzarote’s 1730 volcanic eruptions buried a quarter of the island in lava. Discover how to skip the manufactured tourist traps and hike into blasted craters, explore subterranean magma tubes, and witness the island’s brutal Martian landscape.
Lanzarote Architecture: How César Manrique Designed an Entire Island
How one visionary artist used political leverage in the 1960s to ban high-rise resorts, mandate whitewashed villages, and turn the volcanic island of Lanzarote into a massive, strictly controlled architectural art project.
Gáldar, Gran Canaria: Exploring the Buried Canarii Capital
Gáldar is the buried ancient capital of the Canarii people in northern Gran Canaria, hiding a violent 15th-century past, elite high priestesses, and an astronomical cave.
Tenerife North Travel Guide: 4 Unforgiving Stops Away From the Sunbeds
Tenerife’s northern coast is defined by extreme geography and strange history. From the spiteful 16th-century gardens of La Orotava to the dizzying volcanic drops at El Sauzal, here are four stops that prove the north is an unforgiving escape from the package holiday sunbeds.
Murcia Travel Guide: The Truth About Spain’s Most Mocked City
Spain’s most mocked city is actually a brilliant, uncrowded alternative to the major tourist hubs. With 50,000 university students, a thriving tapas scene, and jaw-dropping historic architecture, Murcia completely defies its boring reputation.
Uncovering Cartagena: Spain’s Secret Roman Stronghold
Forget typical Spanish holiday resorts. Cartagena is a fascinating, multi-layered city where you can drink coffee in a 19th-century French mansion built directly over a 7,000-seat Roman amphitheatre that locals completely forgot existed until the late 1980s.
Tenerife North Coast Guide: Escaping the Resorts for the Anaga Rainforest
To find the real Tenerife, you have to completely abandon the southern mega-resorts. Driving the extreme north reveals a 20-million-year-old rainforest, isolated cliffside villages, and a raw volcanic coastline.