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Mike McDougall works for Babylon Idiomas, a Spanish language institute with schools in Spain [Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia], Argentina and Costa Rica. Click here for more information about Spanish courses Sort By: Date | Popularity
![]() A Guide To Spain's Quirkier FestivalsSpaniards seem rarely to need much of a reason for a fiesta or festival of some sort and you can pretty much guarantee that wherever you are in Spain there will be some merrymaking going on somewhere in honour of a patron saint - I've decided to look at s ![]() Madrid: A Guide To The Key Sites And MonumentsSpain 's capital has enjoyed a serious boom as a city break destination on the last decade. The proliferation of cheap flights has made more and more European cities accessible to weekend travellers. ![]() More Spanish FestivalsTamborrada, San Sebastián Every year on the 19th and 20th of January, the Basque city of San Sebastian prepares for the noisiest festival in the whole of Spain . ![]() Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus as born in 1451 and died in May 1506. He was a famous explorer and trader whose most significant voyage was crossing the Atlantic Ocean and landing in the Americas on October 12, 1492 . ![]() La Sagrada Familia - Past And FutureLa Sagrada Familia can be found in Barcelona, in Catalonia in Spain and is renowned as Antoni Gaudi's masterpiece. Although thought of as a cathedral, it is in fact, a basilica - the cathedral in Barcelona is the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia. ![]() La Mercé Festival Of BarcelonaTowards the end of September Barcelona begins to limber up for the largest event on its festival calendar, La Mercé, a celebration of the city's patron saint "Mare de Deu de la Mercé".
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