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4 Barcelona bike routes + biking tips

Christian Petzold — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:33:46 +0000

Barcelona is a great place to explore by bike. Here are the unmissable highlights of 4 Barcelona bike routes, plus some useful bicycling tips!

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Things to do in Figueres: A one-day itinerary

Elliott — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:47:06 +0000

In this complete one-day itinerary, you can read about all the things to do in Figueres, Spain: not just the Dali Theater-Museum!

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Úbeda and Baeza: An overlooked UNESCO site in Andalucia, Spain

Rachel Heller — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:35:48 +0000

Úbeda and Baeza: two charming towns, one UNESCO site, highlighting some stellar Renaissance architecture mixed with other influences.

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Dalí Theatre-Museum: A glimpse into Dalí’s mind

Rachel Heller — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000

To look at a Salvador Dalí painting is to wonder about the mind that painted it. A visit to the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain, gives visitors a chance to look into that mind. That doesn’t mean, though, that you will understand Dalí’s thinking any more than you did going in. I certainly didn’t. It’s called a...

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The City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia (with teenagers)

Rachel Heller — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 12:55:50 +0000

I caught my first glimpse of Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences last year as we drove by on our way to see the old center of the city. It was astonishing: massive, futuristic architecture contrasted sharply with everything we had seen so far. Note: Updated in April 2023. Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links...

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Baix Empordà villages: a photo essay

Rachel Heller — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 19:11:45 +0000

Baix Empordà, part of the province of Girona in Catalonia, is one of those hidden gems, to use the cliché, that no one seems to know about. Many tourists visit Girona, and many of them venture out to the Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueres. Most, though, don’t stay long enough to explore the lovely stone villages...

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One Day in Girona (with teenagers)

Rachel Heller — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:43:48 +0000

We only had one day to spend in Girona. That, and the fact that we had three grumpy teens with us, meant that we had to choose what we saw very carefully.

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8 Things to Do While Waiting in Line for the Dalí Museum, Figueres

Rachel Heller — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:41:33 +0000

As I mentioned in my post about the Dalí Theatre-Museum, we were stupid enough not to book tickets ahead of time, forcing us to wait in line in the center of Figueres, Spain. It was the middle of the day in August and, believe me, it was hot in Figueres. We waited about 45 minutes to get to...

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Modernism in Alcoi, Spain

Rachel Heller — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:20:10 +0000

It was a hot Sunday morning in August when I walked from the deserted Plaça d’Espanya into the visitor’s information office in downtown Alcoi, Spain. The lone woman at the counter seemed thrilled to have someone to talk to. All I wanted was a map, but she insisted on telling me, in detail, about everything...

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Reconsidering Benidorm

Rachel Heller — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:07:30 +0000

Benidorm is one of those places everyone has an opinion about, and it usually isn’t good. When I asked my husband what he thought of the place, he described it as “an overgrown beach town with high buildings right up to the beach.” It was full, he said, with “loud Dutch and fat, pale, English...

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