Lying on the border between Spain and France, Andorra is the ideal destination for those seeking rest and relaxation. The principality combines impressive landscape, splendid Romanesque cultural heritage, interesting routes and walks, excellent shopping in Andorra la Vella and a host of mountain sports and activities to make this a can’t-miss destination.
The city of Buenos Aires has a wide range of attractions to ensure that the visitor will have an enjoyable stay. Every neighbourhood has its own flavour, smell and colour. Beloved Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, full of dancing, undying letters, immortalised by the pens of such distinguished writers as Borges and Cortázar. A whole land to explore. A whole magic universe of discovery. A world to awaken the curiosity of the first-time visitor, and of anyone who wishes to discover it anew, step by step.
Located 175 km from Rio de Janeiro, Búzios was originally a small fishing village with more than 20 beaches of incomparable beauty and variety, such as Praia Azeda (gorgeous beach with calm and crystalline waters), Praia da Ferradura, Praia de Geribá, Azedinha, Tartaruga, Joao Fernandes, etc.
The city’s romantic ambience seems right out of an illustration from a Brothers Grimm tale. The cityscape is characterised by houses from the 17th century with colourful façades and tiered roofs, surrounded by intricate canals with their ancient bridges.
Though it has become the seat of many European institutions such as the EU Parliament and the European Commission, and of large international organisations such as NATO, the Belgian capital still conserves its provincial air, with its old working-class districts and rich, varied cultural life.
Avila, an ancient medieval city in Castile and Leon, was declared a “site of historic and artistic interest” in 1884, and has been on UNESCO’s “World Heritage List” since 1985. The imposing Walls of Avila are the city’s major iconic landmark. Built in the 11th and 12th centuries, this remarkable structure is over 2,500 m long, has nine gates and 88 semi-circular towers.
The city of a thousand faces, Barcelona is a melting pot of colours, tastes and aromas which offers a whole host of services. Within 15 minutes walking distance of the hotel is the Plaça de Catalunya, which marks the boundary between the Eixample district and the old town, or Ciutat Vella, and leads to Les Rambles and down to Barcelona’s opera house, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, where lovers of opera, dance and classical music can enjoy good music during their stay in the city.
Bilbao has experienced profound changes during recent years. What was a city with a grey profile, like the works of 19th-century British painters obsessed with the melancholy of the harbour, has yielded to an enthusiastic city open to the world and its trends.
Visitors to Cáceres, considered to be one of the top three monumental sites in Europe, and declared World Heritage by UNESCO, will find an enormous wealth of historic and cultural heritage here. The city’s walled enclosure still conserves several medieval defences, including the Yedra, Bujaco and Horno towers, built in the 12th century.
There can be no doubt that Córdoba, sheltered by mountains on the banks of the Guadalquivir, is one of the most emblematic cities in Andalusia.
Described as the “flower of Spain” by one who most loved this city, the poet Góngora, Córdoba is a lively, attractive, enchanting place, full of colour, a rich combination of heritage going back thousands of years and modern development.
Granada, a city of legend sheltered by the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains, possesses rich artistic and cultural heritage considered unique in the world.
With its Moorish heritage, Granada combines the wealth conferred by cultural fusion and the contrasts in its streets and people: this is a city both ancient and modern, busy and quiet, Christian and Moorish, traditional and cosmopolitan, Gypsy and Spanish… The city of Granada has been synonymous with poetry, water and gardens for centuries, providing an inexhaustible source of inspiration for countless artists all over the world.
Madrid, the capital of Spain, is a city marked by its cosmopolitanism and rich cultural and artistic heritage: the legacy of a tradition dating back thousands of years.
The city of Marbella is one of the main destinations of the Spanish Costa del Sol. From Cabopino to Guadalmina, Marbella enjoys an exceptional location in Spanish geography. It has a microclimate of gentle temperatures and generous sunlight year-round. The sea and the mountain range, tradition and modernity unite in this Mediterranean city to offer a rich, multicultural and cosmopolitan atmosphere.
The hotel Torrequebrada is in Benalmádena, one of the most important resorts on the Costa del Sol, an extraordinary tourist attraction due to its perfect combination of the sea, a pleasant climate and breathtaking landscapes. The town’s coastline is bathed by the Mediterranean Sea, whilst in the surrounding is Benalmádena-Pueblo, a calm, peaceful little place typical of the famous Andalusian mountain village.
The Hotel Hospes Maricel is in Calvià, one of the most picturesque towns on the island, just five minutes from the centre of Palma de Mallorca. The outstanding monuments in this charming town include the 18th-century Bendinat Castle, the parish church and the Cross of Las Moncadas.
Puerto de Santa María, the seaside town par excellence of the great Bay of Cadiz, is surrounded by towns such as Rota, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cadiz, Jerez de la Frontera and Puerto Real. In this area, remains from the Early Palaeolithic Period are to be found in the El Aculadero site. There is another Mesolithic site at Las Arenas.
“Sevilla tiene un color especial…” (“Seville has a special colour…”) That is how Los del Río immortalised the Andalusian capital in song. A city rich in customs and traditions that enjoys a magnificent climate and boasts rich historic and monumental heritage, Seville, with its friendly, hospitable inhabitants, is a leading tourist destination at world level.
rrounded by the River Tagus and the city walls, standing on a hill, the city of Toledo - capital of Castilla-La Mancha – is a fortress town that once gave shelter to Christian, Jewish and Moorish cultures, a fusion that encouraged the Toledo School of Translators to flourish. Thanks to this cultural wealth, Toledo contains churches, mosques and synagogues, and the city was catalogued as World Heritage in 1986.
Valencia is one of the most ancient cities on the Mediterranean coast and this year plays host to the America’s Cup. Valencia offers a wide array of shops, cultural events and attractions, cinemas and theatres, museums, music venues and businesses.
Saragossa, the city of the Ebro and the Virgin of El Pilar – LaPilarica – offers visitors a major architectural and artistic heritage:
the legacy of the many civilisations that founded and shaped the
capital of Aragon. Saragossa is one of the most important cities in the
world when it comes to worshipping the Virgin, and this can be seen in
the devout veneration of La Pilarica at the landmark Basílica de
Nuestra Señora del Pilar, the city’s most important architectural
ensemble and the symbol of the people of Saragossa and the Aragonese.
The Roman walls that enclosed the ancient city of Saragossa for many
centuries were 3 km long.
Alicante enjoys an exceptional location between the mountains and the sea. The renowned writer Joan Fuster wrote that Alicante “is, without a doubt, the friendliest of all Valencian cities, a city one would choose if one were to exchange a village for a city”. It is known for the beaches of San Juan, Albufera, Postiguet, Saladar and Los Judíos and the coves of Cantarales, Los Judíos and Palmera.
New York is the largest city in the United States, the location of the United Nations’ HQ, the center of financial investments, of communications, commerce and entertainment. Multicultural in terms of co-existence between people of different race and ethnic backgrounds, and packed with hundreds of skyscrapers in the form of office blocks and apartments of more than 400 districts, New York is a city like no other in the US The blend of cultures within the city is a source of constant enlightenment to visitors.
Paris is a moveable feast. This is how Hemingway described the City of Lights. Magic, charm, glamour and romance are some of the epithets that capture the spirit of the city.
There is no other city like London. The mixture of old and the most modern, the bustle of its streets and the quiet of its parks, together with its impressive cultural diversity, all make London unique among cities worldwide.
The Cavallo Island is located in the Lavezzi Archipelago close to Bocche di Bonifacio, eight miles away from Sardinia and two miles away from Sperone, the most southern side of Corsica. This private island is the most exclusive of Mediterranean Sea, and is very famous for the excellent beauty of its sea and its white beaches, where the sea of Bocche di Bonifacio enters creating mirrors of limpid and turquoise water.
Florence, the capital of Tuscany and city in central Italy, combines new and old in the region to perfection. With its museums, art galleries, churches and sumptuous palaces full of paintings, sculptures and other valuable artefacts, the fruits of the richest cultural flourishing in the last 1000 years, Florence is one of the cities to have the greatest artistic heritage in Europe.
With its many sandy beaches and beautiful coves, and known as “the green island” thanks to its luxuriant vegetation, Ischia, the largest of the Phlegrean Islands in the Gulf of Naples, is divided into six communities, Ischia, Casamicciola, Terme, Lacco Ameno, Forio, Serrara Fontana and Barano.
Founded, according to the myth, by the legendary twins Romulus and Remus, Rome is the capital of Italy and of the Lacio Region. A tourist destination par excellence, Rome offers the visitor a great variety of tourist attractions and services. Rome is the meeting point of artistic tendencies representing every period of history. Its streets and neighbourhoods are the result of this mix, a blend that is manifested in its ancient, medieval, Renaissance and modern buildings.
Medieval city and Renaissance jewel, all Venice is an architectural wonder. Its own guardian, the “watery city” was built on a score of swampy islands connected one to another by 400 bridges over 177 canals.
The Italian island of Sardinia is a place of natural beauty with summer holiday spots, and you will find a very rich history, lively traditions, popular arts, exquisite cuisine and charming inhabitants.
Discovering Tokyo is like walking into a different world, one which is renowned for its perfect combination between cultures of a millennium and the avant-garde, between the traditional and the contemporary.
Considered the “Cradle of Mankind”, Morocco is a place of old city centres, outdoor markets, mosques and wide, tree-lined avenues. It is a land of deserts and fertile oases, of paradisiacal beaches with white sands and transparent waters, of forests, natural parks with rich wildlife and great mountain chains with impressive peaks where snow can be seen almost year-round.
Cancún, Mexico’s most famous tourist destination, is located on the north-eastern coast of the state of Quintana Rooin south-eastern Mexico. Well-known for its more than 20 km of beautiful fine white sand beaches and crystal-clear w
