Off The Beaten Track in Spain

As we explore rural Spain, looking for holiday homes in special places, we naturally come across a lot more besides.

It might be a particularly magical location, a curious tradition or a culinary speciality. It might be a whole tract of the country that is virtually unknown, or an interesting life story that has made the place come alive for us.

For us, these insights are often what makes the experience particularly memorable. And, like anyone else, we naturally enjoy sharing these discoveries.


That is what this series of articles Spain Off The Beaten Track is all about. We hope you enjoy them.


Holidays

In this section, we look at interesting and yet still relatively unknown holiday destinations in Spain. From Girona in Catalonia, capital of one of Spain's most fascinating provinces, to the high mountain villages of  Andalucia.

If you would like detailed suggestions on what to do, what to see & where to eat for the area in which you have booked your holiday accommodation, simply ask us: we'll be pleased to send you our personally researched Rustical Recommendations.



Art in La Alpujarra

In Spain’s high mountains, in a small, old village and the oldest, least accessible quarter of that, lives an English painter who has been quietly but faithfully producing some of the most magical work to come out of Andalusia in the past two decades.

Christopher Hoare: The Quiet Magician
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Holidays in Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa, Green Spain
Rivalling the Alps for mountain scenery, hiking opportunities and snow-topped peaks in winter, and yet only 20 kilometres from the Atlantic beaches of the Bay of Biscay, are the picturesque Picos de Europa.

Spain’s first and largest National Park comprises a superb mountain range largely shared between Asturias and Cantabria in northern Spain. We pick out three special areas as being of interest to holidaymakers who love their mountains, but might like a day at the coast, too.
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Food in Asturias
Cider culture in Asturias
Ask a Spaniard
what ideas spring to mind when you mention Asturias and they'll probably say: mountains… mountains and cider… green mountains and cider and cheese!

These emblematic items of food and drink help define both the region’s gastronomy and its where’s-the-rush?-sit-down-and-try-a-bit-of-this philosophy and lifestyle.

Wallace and Gromit would feel quite at home.
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Holidays in Northern Spain
Beach in Cuevas del Mar, AsturiasHow much do you know about Northern Spain?

If you're one of the many holidaymakers to Spain who have never made it to the northern lands, ranged along the Atlantic, this is for you.

You're about to discover another Spain altogether, green and deeply natural. Once you start to realize what it’s all about, you may wonder how it’s escaped you all this time.

Here are 50 reasons to go to Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria.
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High Alpujarras: Bubion, Capileira & La Taha

Alpujarra: a fascinating mountain world In recent years, the High Alpujarra has grown into a favourite destination for walkers and anyone wanting a healthy, peaceful holiday in picturesque surroundings and pristine mountain air.

If the Low Alpujarra (Orgiva and Lanjaron) is characterized by long, hot summers and villas with pools in the river valley, just a half hour’s drive up the mountain road brings you to another world altogether, with much more to offer.
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