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Trip-Spain.es: Guide to Hotels in Spain

In Spain, visitors will find unique places to which they will always want to return. Being the third most popular tourist country in the world, and it’s not hard to see why. Once away from the holiday coasts, you could only be in Spain. In the cities, narrow twisting old streets suddenly open out to views of daring modern architecture, while spit-and-sawdust bars serving wine from the barrel rub shoulders with blaring, glaring discos. Travel is easy, accommodation plentiful, the climate benign, the people relaxed, the beaches long and sandy, the food and drink easy to come by and full of regional variety. More than 50 million foreigners a year visit Spain, yet you can also travel for days and hear nothing but Spanish. Geographically, Spain's diversity is immense. There are endless tracts of wild and crinkled sierra to explore, as well as some spectacularly rugged stretches of coast between the beaches. Culturally, the country is littered with superb old buildings, from Roman aqueducts and Islamic palaces to Gothic cathedrals. Almost every second village has a medieval castle. Spain has been the home of some of the world's great artists - El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Dalí, Picasso - and has museums and galleries to match. The country vibrates with music of every kind - from the drama of flamenco to the melancholy lyricism of the Celtic music and gaitas (bagpipes) of the northwest.

Andalucia
The region of Andalucia lies in the South of Spain, and its coasts are bathed by both the Mediterranean and Atlantic oceans. It borders Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha in the North, Murcia and the Mediterranean Sea in the East, the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean in the South and Portugal in the West. The region's scenery stands out because of its sheer diversity. Some areas are covered in moun... (More)

Aragon
The region of Aragon lies in the North Eastern part of the Spanish mainland. The majority of the Ebro River and its river basin can be found in the region. Aragon borders France in the North, Catalonia and Valencia in the East, Castile-La Mancha in the South, and Castile and Leon, La Rioja and historic Navarre in the West. The region can be separated into three different areas: the central area co... (More)

Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is located in the North of the Iberian Peninsula. To the West it borders with Galicia, to the East with Cantabria and to the South with Castilla y León. Washed by the Cantabrian Sea, Asturias enjoys a temperate – humid climate that allows visitors to benefit from both the sea and the mountains. The west of Asturias comprises a vast territory which can be recommended fo... (More)

Balearic Islands
The sun, the tranquility of its coves, its transparent waters, its diversity, its balmy climate, and an endless succession of scenery that has everything except monotony, where every single corner has its own special charm. From the steep slopes of the high peaks of the Serra de Tramuntana in Mallorca, the wide variety of habitats in the S'Albufera des Grau Nature Reserve in Mahon, the delightful ... (More)

Basque Country
The Basque Country lies in the North of Spain and basks on the Cantabrian coast. It borders the Cantabrian Sea in the North, Navarra in the East, La Rioja in the South, and Castilla y Leon and Cantabria in the West. The Basque coast has abundant cliffs and sheer rock faces. The most important feature of its orography is formed by the so-called Montes Vascos (Basque Mountains), to the South of whic... (More)

Canary Islands
The Canary Islands lie near the northern coast of Africa surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. The islands autonomous region is made up of seven large islands: Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, la Gomera and el Hierro. And other smaller ones, such as Graciosa, Alegranza and Lobos. The coasts are blessed with vast sandy beaches full of outstanding reefs, capes and bays. Nevert... (More)

Cantabria
Cantabria, in the north of Spain, covers an area of 5,289 square Km between the mountains of the Cordillera Cantabrica and the Cantabrian Sea. Its boundaries are defined by: the Cantabrian Sea in the North, the Principality of Asturias in the West, Palencia and Burgos (Castilla y Leon) in the South and Vizcaya (part of the self-governing region of the Basque Country) in the East. Cantabria faces t... (More)

Castile and León
The region of Castilla y Leon includes much of northern Spain. Castilla y Leon borders Asturias and Cantabria in the North, the Basque Country, La Rioja, Aragon, Castilla la Mancha and Madrid in the East, Extremadura and Castilla la Mancha in the South; and Portugal and Galicia in the West. Castilla y Leon belongs to the lower northern plateau with the exception of the north eastern province of Bu... (More)

Castile la Mancha
The region of Castilla la Mancha includes much of the southern part of the Iberian peninsula. It is on the southern sub-plateau and is bound by the Madrid (Region) and Castilla y Leon in the North, Aragon and the Region of Valencia in the East, Murcia and Andalusia in the South and Extremadura in the West. The terrain can be divided into two distinct parts. On the one side there is the plateau, an... (More)

Catalonia
The region of Catalunya is located in the northeast of Spain and lies on Mediterranean coast. It borders France and Andorra in the North, the Mediterranean Sea in the East, the region of Valencia in the South, and Aragon in the West. The Catalunya coast has two distinct features. One side is full of cliffs and deep coves found mainly in the northern part of the region where the mountains close in ... (More)

Extremadura
The region of Extremadura lies in the south western part of Spain, and borders Castilla y Leon in the North, Castilla la Mancha in the East, Andalucia in the South, and Portugal in the West. Most of Extremadura is made up of vast stretches of plains with an average height of around 350 Mts. There are three mountain formations in the region. The Sistema Central in the North mainly comprises of Gred... (More)

Galicia
Galicia is commonly associated with the intense green of its mountains and the blue of an omnipresent sea, as well as a landscape marked by incessant rainfall. Nevertheless, despite these and other clichés that are true to a greater or lesser degree, it is a region of great physical contrasts. More than half of its territory is more than 400 Mts. above sea level and its relief is dominated by gent... (More)

La Rioja
La Rioja is a special land, gathering together the greatest variety of landscapes imaginable, ranging from the wild Demanda mountain range to the Oja-Tirón and Ebro valleys, from microclimates such as that around Enciso to itineraries of monuments such as the Way to Compostela. The geography of La Rioja gives you the chance to play all types of sports in its natural surroundings: mountaineering, p... (More)

Madrid
Madrid Community sits high on Spain's central plateau. There is plenty of superb scenery and good walking country in the sierras to the north, which are a refuge for city dwellers who go there to ski in winter or cool down during the torrid summers. In the western foothills of these mountains stands El Escorial, the royal palace-cum-monastery built by Felipe II, from which he ruled his empire. Clo... (More)

Murcia
Located at the South-East corner of the Iberian Peninsula, between the regions of, Andalucia, Castilla la Mancha and Valencia, the region of Murcia occupies an area of 11,317 Km2 (2.2% of the total surface area of Spain), bordering the province of Albacete in the North, the province of Alicante in the East, the provinces of Granada, Albacete and Almería in the West, and the Mediterranean in the So... (More)

Navarre
The history of the ancient kingdom of Navarra always has been marked by its border situation with France, Castilla, Aragón and Pais Vasco, and the fact that it is crossed by the pilgrim way Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James) is an additional reason for its extraordinary monumental richdom. Its beautiful towns, like Artajona which is surrounded by medieval walls, Estella, Olite, formerly seats... (More)

Valencian Community
The region of Valencian Community lies in the East of Spain. It borders Catalunya in the North, with Aragon and Castilla la Mancha in the West, with the region of Murcia in the South, and with the Mediterranean Sea in the East. Valencia's geographical landscape can be divided into two parts: inland and coast. Mountains and rock formations integrated into the Iberian mountain range and the Subbetic... (More)

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