Baqueira Beret is a traditional ski resort located in the Pyrenees, more exactly in the Spanish province of Lerida. Worldwide known by the quality of its ski slopes and its snow, Baqueira offers the sportsmen, who gather there every year, 110 kilometers of marked pistes and an attractive variety of alternative routes to ski downhill between the leafy groves of the region.
December 2009
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Baqueira Beret, the skiers’ paradise in the Pyrenees
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If you think of the Spanish gastronomy, the paella and shellfishs are the first thing coming to our minds. And you probably think of a shellfish paella. The image of a yellow rice dish, garnished with shrimps and mussels, is what comes to our minds when we think of paella. Tourists usually avoid a version of paella made with meat, though it is cheaper, because the one made with shellfish sounds more tradicional.
Flies frequency either from or to Spain, mainly to the Coasts, has lead to a very peak concerning the number of tourists and the sale of assets in Spain, mainly in the Mediterranean coast.
Airlines such as Easyjet, Monarch, Ryanair and BMI baby, have feed the dream of suntan to everybody. The Spanish coast has several leisure activities, including not only going to the beach but frequent activities such as water-skiing, kite-surfing, wake-boarding and wind surfing, all of these are well-represented to the most adventurous tourist, mainly in Tarifa, Andalusia, or the southern area which are well-provided to water sports.
When Christmas is in the air, the Saint Lucia Fair begins. It is a set of stands located on the street, next to “Plaza de la Catedral” of Barcelona where people can buy a lot of Christmas stuff.
It is one of the most emblematic and antique fairs in Spain (arriving nowadays to its 223rd edition) devoted to Christmas where people can have several options for these days. Besides, it is worth trying there, due to the fact that prices are lower than in convenient stores.
Go shopping in Madrid is an irresistible idea to anyone, because there is a great quantity and variety of stores, as well as products and prices, that you are going to surely spend an entire day by coming and going. Either beautiful antique shops, or the latest ones concerning fashion design, pieces of furniture, clothes, books, music, gastronomic stuff and sales.
You can find all this, either in great storehouses (malls) or specialized stores; it’s all up to your time, patience and yearning for discovering the city.
Torrevieja city is located at 50 km to the southwest region of Alicante. You can get to Torrevieja N 332 road, a marvelous path throughout Costa Blanca. If you have plenty of time, come to discover the beauty of this place, you will undoubtedly love the view. Torrevieja established somehow a line of languages between the traditional Valencians and the Catalonian located to the north of Costa Blanca, to the south Spanish-speaking people can only be found, meanwhile in Torrevieja zone and going upper it tends to be a little bit bilingual (Valencian and Spanish).
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