Tag Archives: Spain

Valencia to Barcelona

On Thursday 28 May we had coffee and pastry for breakfast near the markets after we bought some fruit for the train trip to Barcelona. We’ve seen quite a few nice fruit shops but for some reason fruit rarely features … Continue reading

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Cordoba and Valencia

Cordoba After a two-hour train ride on Monday 25 May we arrived at Cordoba (population: 325453), our only one night stop on the tour. We checked into Hostal Maestre (English: Master hostel) which is associated with Hotel Maestre a few … Continue reading

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Ronda

On Saturday 23 May we caught the 11:00 bus from Tarifa to Algeciras (same route as yesterday but without continuing to La Linea) where we boarded the train for Ronda. Ronda (population 36827) is 100km west of Málaga and was … Continue reading

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Seville

Tuesday 19 May started with a three and a half hour bus trip from Granada to Seville (Spanish: Sevilla. Population 703000), the capital of Andalusia. Seville, even though it is 80 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean, was the port that … Continue reading

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