Spain

The postcard-pretty Costa del Sol coastline is Europe’s favorite travel destination, evergreen and always popular it draws tourists like a magnet. What is its secret that makes people return to this much-loved stretch of Andalucian south coast time after time? Looking for the secret of the much-loved Costa del Sol coastline The main draw of course is the endless sunshine, ...

To see the highest mountains in Gran Canaria we took the winding road to the top of the island where some peaks almost reach to 2000 m. In addition to the highest mountain Pico de Las Nieves, the island’s green center contains the historic landmarks of Roque Nublo, Cruz de Tejeda and Roque Bentayga – and old villages, among them ...

We left our resort pools and spent a day driving around Tenerife. It became a great family day out, mainly on the island’s scenic north coast. The postcard-pretty north coast towns of Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and La Orotava represent the traditional, real Tenerife. Cobbled streets, colonial houses with wooden balconies and locals spending their Sunday afternoon on village ...

We went to Mount Teide by car and hiked in the moon landscape of the volcanic national park, with kids! It was a great day out at the height of 2000 meters and a scenic drive to remember. Beaches are what most tourists come for to Tenerife, but try to leave your resort at least for a day. Driving to ...

Serra de Tramuntana is the massive mountain chain that covers the whole north of Mallorca. We will show you a beautiful drive in the UNESCO listed mountains as we will drive from Andraitx to Soller. Each time we go to Mallorca we spend a day or two in Tramuntana. We just have to get to the island’s lovely countryside, the ...

This post will show you the postcard-pretty Palma de Mallorca old town that hides behind the famous cathedral. El Casco Antiguo has been there for hundreds of years before any tourists came to the island. People live their life in narrow cobbled streets like they always did. Palma de Mallorca old town is the real Mallorca that you shouldn’t miss ...

The sunny island of Mallorca is one of our favorites and the island has something that makes us return. For us, walking along the rocky seaside having a dip in calm turquoise waters and strolling the old quarters of Palma are the ways to enjoy the beautiful Mallorca, Spain. Or should we go hiking in the mountains, or just drive ...

Once in Las Palmas, take a short bus or taxi ride away from the tourist zone and you will enter a different world: Las Palmas Old Town, Vegueta. Quiet cobbled streets, old stone quarters and coloured homes clinging to the hills give this oldest part of Las Palmas a very special flavour. With this post we will let you discover ...

We rented a car and drove to inland of the Gran Canaria east coast to check out what the region offers for tourists. On our drive from Las Palmas to Aguimes we saw historic Guanche caves, a volcano crater with a farmhouse and an finally a striped terracotta canyon. On the way down we also found a botanical garden – ...

This post will take you on a Las Palmas mountain trip through the scenic north of Gran Canaria. We will cross the lush, green northern mountains, a fertile region with pretty villages and gingerbread houses. The highest point on the road is Vega de San Mateo at 1 100 m, after which it’s all the way down to the island’s ...