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Monthly Archives: May 2019

Huelva & Isla Cristina

May 31, 2019by Currently Away

Huelva is last of the large Spanish port towns before the Portuguese border and the place where Christopher Columbus (or Cristobal Colon as he is known locally) set off from […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

El Rocio

May 30, 2019by Currently Away

Hot and dusty, the white village of El Rocio borders the marshy wetlands of the Parque Nacional de Donana. Low-slung terraces of white-washed houses with wooden balconies and hitching posts […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

Seville

May 27, 2019by Currently Away

What better place to begin exploring one of Spain’s most beautiful cities, than in the morning shade of its incredible parkland and pleasure ground – the Plaza de Espana in […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

Carmona

May 24, 2019by Currently Away

For a view of dead Romans, you can’t beat the subterranean tombs at Carmona. Declared by Julius Caesar to be “the best defended town in the whole of Roman Baetica” […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

Chipiona

May 22, 2019by Currently Away

Shhh. Whisper its name. Keep it quiet and just to yourself. Better still, use the Roman name for possibly the loveliest coastal town in Spain, named for the Consul Caepion. […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

Cadiz

May 20, 2019by Currently Away

Arriving by water is always a romantic way to view a coastal town or city and as a hot sun bore down on the afternoon, we enjoyed the cooling sea […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

Jerez

May 18, 2019by Currently Away

Jerez has one of the sunniest climates in Europe, summer heat tempered by ocean breezes. Its soil is white and chalky and called ‘albariza’. Why bother knowing this? Because Jerez […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

The A372

May 16, 2019by Currently Away

Travelling on the road isn’t always about reaching a desired destination. Sometimes its about experiencing the road for itself. The A372 that travels between Ronda in the west of the […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

Ronda

May 14, 2019by Currently Away

Ronda has had many names throughout its lengthy history. Called Arunda by the Celts, Acipino by the Romans and Isn-Rand Onda by the Moors, all invaders and settlers agreed that […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

Zahara de la Sierra

May 11, 2019by Currently Away

In Spanish, ‘zahara’ can refer to a steep road built on the side of a rocky outcrop. The aptly named village of Zahara de la Sierra is indeed set upon […]

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2019 Iberia, Spain

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