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Journeys in Spain

27 pieces in Spain, newest first. Every one ends with the trips that go there.

Spain travel guide

Walking

La Gomera on foot, the island cut by ravines

4 min read

Culture

Bilbao, and the museum that changed a city

5 min read

Walking

Nerja, Frigiliana and the Axarquía, Málaga's eastern hills

3 min read

Seasons

The total eclipse of August 2027, and where to be under it

3 min read

History

Almería, the Alcazaba and the desert the westerns used

4 min read

Cruise

A Coruña, the Roman lighthouse and the city of glass balconies

5 min read

Cruise

Santander, the Cantabrian port and its belle époque bay

4 min read

Cruise

Alicante, the castle above the harbour

4 min read

Walking

The Camino from Pamplona, the first days through Navarre

4 min read

Seasons

The 2028 eclipse, and why ships are sailing into its path

4 min read

Food & drink

Valencia, paella and the City of Arts and Sciences

4 min read

Seasons

Seville in Holy Week, and the brotherhoods that carry the floats

4 min read

Rail

The little trains of the Pyrenees

4 min read

Culture

Montserrat, the monastery in the saw-toothed mountain

4 min read

Seasons

Christmas in Andalucía, oranges on the trees and the mountains white

4 min read

Walking

The Canaries, where the lava cooled into scenery

4 min read

Slow travel

Pintxos and Rioja, the Basque country's slower table

3 min read

Journeys

The Balearics, three islands that agree on almost nothing

3 min read

Food & drink

Vigo, and a coast that ships its catch in tins

3 min read

Walking

The last hundred kilometres to Santiago

5 min read

History

Cartagena, the new Carthage that outlasted the old one

4 min read

First time

Green Spain, and a first cruise across the Bay of Biscay

5 min read

Cruise

Cádiz, the city the sea nearly surrounds

5 min read

Solo travel

Ronda, the white villages, and a table for one

5 min read

History

Córdoba, Seville, Granada, and the long goodbye of al-Andalus

5 min read

First time

Málaga, the port Picasso left and the city that came back

3 min read

Culture

Barcelona, and the basilica that never quite arrives

4 min read