Best Places - Spain, the Country of My Herd

Have you ever been to Spain? No, however youat 3,404m.) Too big to experience in one short
plan to spend some time here and wanderingvisit. Circuitous walking trips and looping trails are
what are the best places? Spain is my favouritewell-established, covering the valleys, gorges and
country. You can visit and spend couple of days inlower reaches of the range. Venturing off the
the town or city such as Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao,main routes is amply rewarded by the discovery
san Sebastian or Toledo if you like culture. If youof lesser-known side routes and higher, more
like hiking you cannot miss Cantabrian Mountainsisolated ridges and mountain paths.
(Cordillera Cantabrica), Pyrenees or SistemaYou can also choose the long-distance routes.
Central. Last but not least, get to know folkloristicThree main routes traverse the range: the
traditions - Flamenco and bullfights in Pamplona andGrande Randonnee 10, the Haute Randonnee
Seville.Pyreneene, and the Gran Recorrido 11. Although
You can find bullfights everywhere throughout thethese paths sometimes run parallel to each other
country. However the most popular event -and may often cross and interlink, they are in
"Running of Bulls" during the Sanfermines infact very different.
Pamplona.I spent 4 weeks in Spain (2 weeks - hiking in the
Flamenco is the musical tradition in the south inmountains, the rest of the time visiting towns and
Andalusia. You can visit Feria de Apbril in Seville incities)
April. It is an entire week of singing and dancingConclusion:
and trying that great Sherry wine, those deliciousMaybe you would be surprised at how few
tasty snacks called "Tapas" and more SherrySpaniards speak English. Still, it is possible to travel
wine. If you like this kind of things you should notin Spain just using English. As a mandatory course
miss it. You can also take the course and learnin school, many Spaniards speak some English, but
flamenco - dancing as well as plying guitar.many older Spaniards do not. I found most
Because of the fact that I love hiking very muchEnglish-speaking Spaniards in the main tourists
I spend most of the time hiking in Pyrenees. Iareas of Spain, around Barcelona, and along the
found the mountains as the best places, SpainCosta del Sol.
It is the perfect place for everybody. It is for allSpeaking basic Spanish opens up cheaper
levels of walkers. The peaks are lower than thoseaccommodations and the possibility to go off the
of the Alps (Pico de Aneto - the highest summitbeaten path. You will enjoy the best places, Spain.