After the carnivals, the second most important festivals in Spain are the Falles (torches), a Valencian traditional festival that took place from March 15th to 19th and it is a festivity with a deep-rooted tradition in the city of Valencia and different towns of the Valencian Country. At present, this festivity has turned into a very important tourist attraction.
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Whenever we speak of traveling to sightsee monuments, we usually mention ancient churches, Gothic cathedrals, walls, medieval remains, and other antique buildings. But during the last years, there is more evident, every time, the profusion of buildings constructed in the 20th century, which will make us say: wow!
Few artistic cultural expressions manage to identify so much a village as the flamenco does it with Spain. A deeply-rooted custom in the origins of the peninsula which has been established as a genuine sample of the musical and choreographic art which can also express with beauty, the entire feeling of Andalusia.
Science, nature and art team up in one of the biggest complexes of scientific and cultural popularization from Europe, which is located in Valencia.
The Mosque Cathedral of Cordoba is one of the most important monuments of the Spanish-Muslim architecture. It was the third biggest mosque in the world, overshadowed only by the Casablanca and Mecca ones but its artistic importance, from the very beginning, was well-known everywhere.
Medina Azahara or Madinat al-Zahra is an Islamic city having a 112-hectares surface. Its construction was comissioned by the first caliph of la-Andalus, better known as Abd al-Rahman III, in the year 936 or 940 AD, due to a political, economic and ideological program beginning after the creation of the caliphate. This place was used as personal residence and also as the seat for this government. Meanwhile its court area was used for presentations of houses belonging to the most important dignitaries as well as the set of state-run administrative agencies, which were lately moved from Cordoba.
Seville (or Sevilla) has witnessed the passage through time of various civilizations.
The monumental landmarks of the city such as the Cathedral, its Royal Palaces and the Archivo de Indias, all of them declared World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO, are its emblems. In the farmhouse which is located in the Santa Cruz neighborhood we can see the Cathedral. This Gothic temple which was built upon the Main Mosque is considered an almohade of Seville. From this Arabian heritage we can still sightsee the ancient minaret, nowadays the famous Giralda, and the Courtyard of the Orange Trees.
San Sebastian is a wonderful city, a successful combination of the tradition in a mix of rural atmospheres with a modern and cosmopolitan environment. San Sebastian is an aristocratic and very nice city with its historical architecture, lighthouses, iron-forged lampposts, arches and balconies full of flowers. Over there, it is possible to rest in very comfortable hotels, satisfying all tastes and prices. It is also one of the most popular culinary destinations in Spain. The Basques are hospitable and they have a proud heredity, which they are determined to share with their visitors. They are very warm people who welcome you!
One out of ten visitors that daily come to Andalusia is an English native. From that country, the biggest percentage of foreigners who visit the south of Spain arrives. The administrations know it and every year, for the time being, Andalusia takes the English capital for a few days in order to watch to take to the cloudy London a few sunrays and light. The excuse is the Word Travel Market. During this week Andalusia is present in subways, museums, walks and avenues, centers of art and pubs from the whole city. But: what are those places people prefer the most that country? Here you are eight clues that cannot be waived to move our English friends.
This Spanish festival commemorates the battles between Moors (or Muslims) and Christians during the period known as the Reconquest of the Peninsula (from the 8th century through the 15th century), when Moors captured the city, although it takes place a little bit time earlier than those dates.
