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This is the plan for a Portugal road trip, more specifically eight days on the road in Lisbon and the northern half of Portugal. It worked out fine...
Everything from Southern Europe
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VIDEO – Italy – Milano
Here is a video from Milano. The capital of northern Italia (Italy) is a major city when it comes to finance, fashion and football. Here are 11...
Getting to know the city of Milano
Following a successful excursion to Lake Como and Crespi d'Adda, the capital of northern Italy, Milan, was coming up. A modern city with fashion...
VIDEO – Italy – Milan – Last Supper
Here is a video from the Last Supper, the famous mural by Leonardo da Vinci. Or rather, it is about the painting and its surroundings. "The Church...
World Heritage #0093 – The Last Supper
The world's second most famous painting, The Last Supper, was made by a universal genius. This gem hides inside a convent in Milan. The UNESCO World...
VIDEO – Italy – Lake Como
This is a video from Lake Como (or Lago di Como). Some say it is the most beautiful of the northern Italian lakes. We visited the town of Como and...
VIDEO – Italy – Crespi d’Adda
This is a video from Crespi d'Adda, an outstanding example of the 19th- and early 20th-century 'company towns'. Such towns were built in Europe and...
The Lakes Region north of Milano
We went on a football trip to Milan's San Siro stadium and started with complementary visits to the beautiful Lakes Region. We first went to Lago di...
World Heritage #0730 – Crespi d’Adda
There are not many factory towns on the UNESCO list, and Crespi d'Adda in northern Italy is a fascinating one. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
Pictures from Spain
This is a collection of Sandalsand's pictures from Spain, the result of trips to different parts of the country. If you look up my articles from...
A dream became true – visiting Granada
Days 8 to 15 in a road trip in Andalusia were mostly spent in Granada. I also made a day-trip to the Renaissance towns of Baeza and Úbeda inland and...
World Heritage #0522 – Úbeda and Baeza
The two towns of Úbeda and Baeza were defining centres in the birth of the Spanish renaissance in the 16th century. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
VIDEO – Spain – Baeza
This video from Baeza shows some examples of why it is a World Heritage Site. Along with neighbouring town of Úbeda it has earned a reputation of...
VIDEO – Spain – Granada – Alhambra
This is a video from the Alhambra and Generalife, two palace complexes in Granada which date back to the time of the Moorish rule of Spain....
VIDEO – Spain – Granada – Albaicín
This video is from Albaicín, the old Arab district of Granada. It is part of the World Heritage Site in this old city in present-day Spain....
World Heritage #0314 – Granada
The Moors left their marks on southern Spain. Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín in Granada is both mythical and real. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
World Heritage #0313 – Historic Centre of Córdoba
The Historic Centre of Córdoba is amazing. Thanks to the Arabs sweeping across North Africa and taking control of large parts of the Iberian...
VIDEO – Spain – Cordoba – La Mezquita-Catedral
This video is from La Mezquita-Catedral in Córdoba, the combined (originally) Muslim mosque and (later) Christian cathedral. It is part of the...
VIDEO – Spain – Córdoba – Jardines del Alcázar
This video is from the Jardines del Alcázar, or the palace gardens of Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos. It is part of the "Historic Centre of...
Whitewashed buildings in the intense heat of Córdoba
We visited Córdoba on Day 7 of our road trip in Andalusia. This day we were on the move from Seville to Granada and stopped for a few hours in...
Sevilla – one of the world’s most important cities
Days 5 and 6 of our Andalusia road trip were spent in Sevilla (Seville), previously and today one of the world's most important cities. This is #5...
VIDEO – Spain – Sevilla – Plaza de España
This video is from the Plaza de España in Seville (Sevilla). It was built as the Spanish pavilion for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a...
VIDEO – Spain – Sevilla – Real Alcázar
This is a video from Real Alcázar, the royal palace in Seville (Sevilla). It is on the World Heritage List. "Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de...
VIDEO – Spain – Sevilla
This video from Sevilla (Seville) is from a sightseeing tour of various parts of the historic centre, starting with the cathedral. "Cathedral,...
World Heritage #0383 – Seville
The World Heritage site of Seville is about a Spanish city which was and is one of the world's most important cities. The UNESCO World Heritage List...
A day trip to Tangier from Spain
On this Day 4 of a road trip in Andalusia we went on a daytrip from Jerez to Tarifa and across the Strait of Gibraltar to Tangier, Morocco. The...
VIDEO – Gibraltar
This video is from Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a British overseas territory on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It is dominated in every way...
The road trip from Ronda to Gibraltar and Jerez
This is the story from a road trip in Andalusia. On Day 3 we took the mountain road from Ronda down to Gibraltar and continued across the lowlands...
Driving from Malaga to Marbella and Ronda
The first two days of our Tour of Andalucia started in Malaga, continued with a short stop in Marbella and is mostly about lovely days in Ronda....
VIDEO – Spain – Ronda
This is a video from Ronda, one of Andalusia's white towns, perhaps the most famous of them all. This video shows the highlights the tourists...
