Prior to our stay on the Costa Brava, we spent three days exploring the picturesque and sunny Cerdanya valley between la Seu d’Urgell (Lleida) and Puigcerdá (Girona), surrounded by the majestic Catalan Pyrenees mountains. From our base at the inviting and restful Parador de Seu, in the confluence of the Valira and Segre rivers, we made forays into the…
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Paradors and the Camino
A Journey Through Northwestern Spain Following the Pilgrims Route – León to Monforte de Lemos During the fall we enjoyed a leisurely excursion through northwestern Spain, traveling from Castilla y León to Galicia, staying in Paradors, government owned hotels, primarily historic monuments; castles, monasteries, palaces, fortresses and convents, converted into sumptuous lodgings for travelers. We…
Exploring Portugal’s Alentejo
Arraiolos to Vila Vicosa Our latest Iberian sojourn took us to Portugal’s largest province, its “wild east”, the Alentejo, “the land beyond the River Tagus”, just 90 minutes east of Lisbon and just west of Spain’s Extremadura, the land of the Conquistadors. The Alentejo is a vast, primarily rural, utterly tranquil and unspoiled area of…
Iberian Traveler - On The Road 
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