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SPAIN
A PHOTO GALLERY BY VÍCTOR OVIES
All pictures are copyrighted. You can store
them for personal use only.
Unauthorised reproduction or commercial use is
prohibited. |
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CASTILLA
LA MANCHA |
Castilla-La Mancha,
located at the very center of the Iberian
peninsula, is dominated by an extense tableland,
although there are mountainous landscapes too. Of
major interest to the visitor are the monumental
cities and towns of great historical importance,
like Toledo and the enchanting Cuenca.
There are as well several interesting
alternative routes into consideration, among them:
Ruta de los Pueblos Negros ("Route of
the Black Villages") and the "Route of Don
Quijote", named after Cervante's
legendary "Man from La Mancha". Still today
you will see many of those characteristical
windmills Don Quijote was fighting with in
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ANDALUCÍA
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Andalucía is perhaps the least
European part of western Europe. With its strong Islamic roots and a history of
unrelenting poverty. However, the region's heritage is Spanish as well as Muslim.
It gave us Velázquez, Picasso and Lorca, and is also a hotbed of flamenco,
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Once away from the holiday costas, you
could only be in Spain. In the cities,
narrow twisting old streets suddenly
open out to views of daring modern
architecture, while spit-and-sawdust
bars serving wine from the barrel rub
shoulders with blaring, glaring
discos.Travel is easy, accommodation
plentiful, the climate benign, the
people relaxed, the beaches long and
sandy, the food and drink easy to come
by and full of regional variety. More
than 50 million foreigners a year visit
Spain, yet you can also travel for days
and hear nothing but Spanish. Spain can
be enjoyable any time of year. The ideal
months to visit are May, June and
September (plus April and October in the
south). At these times you can rely on
good-to-excellent weather, yet avoid the
extreme heat - and the main crush of
Spanish and foreign tourists of July and
August. But there's decent weather in
some parts of Spain virtually year round.
Winter along the southern and
southeastern Mediterranean coasts is
mild, while in the height of summer you
can retreat to the northwest, to beaches
or high mountains anywhere to escape
excessive heat. The best festivals are
mostly concentrated between Semana Santa
(the week leading up to Easter Sunday)
and September to October.
SPAIN TOURIST PAGES
What a
Wonderful World!
A
Photo Gallery by Víctor Ovies
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All pictures in the Spain photo gallery,
including but not limited to the Seville, Granada, Cordoba and
Castilla La Mancha photo galleries are copyrighted by Victor Ovies unless stated otherwise. You may download and store them for personal use
only. Unauthorized reproduction or commercial use of this material is forbidden
and will be prosecuted.
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