If you spend your holidays in Catalonia and you are temporarily fed up with the beaches on the Costa Brava and the city stench of Barcelona, or you just want to enjoy the beautiful views away from the beaten tourist routes, we recommend a trip through the Ter valley, especially around the dam Panta de Sau.Initially, I marked quite a lot of viewpoints on the map, but when planning the trip it turned out that it was not that easy…
Montserrat is a mountain range in Catalonia, located several dozen kilometers north of Barcelona. The name of the massif comes from jagged mountain peaks, and the highest peak, Sant Jeroni, rises to 1,237m above sea level. On the slopes of the massif there is a Benedictine monastery, the holiest site of Catalans, the Sanctuary of the Black Madonna of Montserrat. Monserrat is therefore both a place of pilgrimage in honor of the Mother of God, and a place ideal for…
Me and Tomasz have been to Barcelona many times. Before meeting there in 2008, I studied Spanish for a month in one of Barcelona’s language schools, and Tomasz lived there for 6 months with work. Later, we visited this city together twice, and Tomasz a few more times on business. So it is easy to guess that we know Barcelona quite well and we have probably seen almost everything that can be seen there. So this time we did not…
We had planned a trip to Figueres, where the famous Teatre – Museu Dali is located, for a long time. Originally we wanted to take the train from Barcelona but after checking the train ticket prices we found it cheaper to rent a car (for tickets for our 4 from Barcelona to Figueres we would have paid over 100 €). So, as a result, we went there during our week in Pineda de Mar (about that in another post). Teatre…
As we spent most of our holidays in Tenerife in the south of the island, this is were we also discovered various places and attractions not only for children. In general, the south of Tenerife is much more touristic than the north and, for example, all water parks are located there. We did avoid places such as Playa de las Americas, but we did not avoid the temptation and took our children to Siam Park, which was obviously called as…
El Teide volcanoEl Teide volcano towering over the entire island is the highest peak in Spain with a height of 3,715 m above sea level. The cable car goes up to 3,555 m above sea level and that’s as far as Gabriela and I managed to get. Tomasz managed to reach the top! But first things first.To reach the top of the volcano, we need a special permit. It is free, but only 200 people a day can get it…
We spent a total of 8 days in Tenerife in January 2022, two of which we slept in a hotel in Puerto de la Cruz and from there, we set off to explore the northern part of the island. We didn’t have much time to thoroughly explore the area, but we’d love to share our impressions with you! Anaga Rural ParkTo start with, a beautiful protected area in the northeastern part of the island called Anaga Rural Park. It is…
We have already written about places worth visiting in the south of the island (including Maspalomas dunes, Fataga ravine, picturesque Puerto de Mogan), as well as about our greatest delight, i.e. Barranco de las Vacas (along with Tobas de Colores) and Barranco de Guayadeque. Hence now it’s time to write about interesting spots in the north of the island. We went to this side of the island twice and were able to experience both the beautiful nature and taste wine…
Barranco de las Vacas together with the famous Tobas de Colores and Barranco de Guayadeque, i.e. two neighboring ravines, deserve their own separate blog post. That’s where we went on our first trip and immediately fell in love with the Canarian landscapes. We started the day with Barranco de las Vacas. We wanted to see the famous Tobas de Colores, or rock formations resembling the American Antelope Canyon. From the articles found on the Internet, we knew that it is…
Gran Canaria, and especially its southern part, is mainly associated with beaches. However, we decided to check what the island has to offer off the beaten track. Why?First of all, we are not big fans of sunbathing, especially if we only have a week off. It’s just a waste of time, and higher state of laziness 🙂 It’s different during 2-3 weeks’ vacation, then we can settle down for a few days without any remorse. But in order not to…
