Travel Itinerary: Two Weeks In Northern Spain

Aside from getting yourself a good paper map of the region, my most important piece of advice for road tripping through Northern Spain is; stay off the toll roads! Each time we took the smaller road on the map we encountered the most intriguing sites and made the most triumphant discoveries. Having a car at your disposal really allows you to get further out into the countryside - experiencing magical natural sites like haunted caves and some fascinating historical features including an abandoned hill top village.

TravelAdina Marguerite PeaseApril 17, 2014Spain, Road Trip, Travel Itinerary Comments

Scenes from Spain: On The Road in Northern Aragón

Driving across Northern Spain we did our best to stay off the main highways in order to better explore the countryside. My favorite section of our drive, aside from Basque Country of course, was through the region of Aragón. It just doesn't get more charming then getting stuck in random horse traffic jams and discovering abandoned hill top cities like Esco on the side of the road.

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Exploring My Roots in Basque Country

Standing in a stranger’s tomato garden on a hot dry day and looking up at this tower was the most important moment I’ve ever experienced in all my travels. It was both an achievement in terms of exploration and discovery as well as a moment of deep connection to my own heritage.

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Photo Essay: Our Four Days in Cadaqués, Spain

Before heading to Cadaqués, my husband and I had two things not going very well for us; my still-healing-from-an-injury-ankle was swollen and our camera had died. While we couldn’t do much about my ankle, other than skip our planned Pyrenees hikes, we figured we could purchase another camera to get us through the rest of the trip and head to the coast a day earlier than planned.

TravelAdina Marguerite PeaseAugust 5, 2013Beaches, Cadaques, Photo Essay, Spain Comments

A Place To Stay in San Sebastian, Spain: Hotel Codina

When I get asked for recommendations on where to go in Northern Spain, my very first answer tends to be San Sebastian. It's a city that really has something for everyone; great shopping, some of the best pinxtos, a gorgeous stretch of beach, and plenty of history to be explored.

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Scenes from Spain: Bilbao's Guggenheim

We were only in Bilbao for two nights and spent our only full day hiking the Itxina. So we only had a chance to walk around the outside of the famous Guggenheim Museum - lucky for us there was plenty to see.

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Things You Should Do In Spain: Hike the Frontier Views Walk

Beginning from the car park at Puerto de Izpegi, which sits right on the border between France and Spain, the Frontier Views Walk outlined in Lonely Planet's Hiking in Spain book certainly lives up to its name. This 10.5 km hike wanders between open fern covered hillsides, beech forests, and high up to wind swept ridges - all the while crossing back and forth between the two countries.

Gluten Free In Barcelona, Spain

Oh Barcelona. I must admit that you are not my favorite city in the world and to be honest I was rather under whelmed. Park Guell was very interesting, albeit swamped with people, and seeing the ancient Roman walls was cool too. Perhaps because neither of us are super into art or architecture, the crowded nature of the city, or maybe we were just ready to head home - either way it just didn't end up being a favorite stop on our trip.

Eat OutAdina Marguerite PeaseMarch 13, 2013Barcelona, Gluten Free, Gluten Free In..., Spain Comments

Things You Should Do In Spain: Hike Atxular's Eye

Located in Parque Natural de Gorbeia, the Itxina massif is full of features to ignite your imagination. With over 500 caves, jagged limestone cliffs and labyrinths, beech forests, and stone huts - it's hard not to create stories of some mysterious world high in the mountains of Basque Country. In fact, one of the caves inside this limestone world is said to be one of the regular homes of the Basque goddess, Mari.

Do, TravelAdina Marguerite PeaseFebruary 25, 2013Basque Country, Hikes, Spain, Things You Should Do In... Comments

A Place to Stay in Cadaques, Spain: Hotel Llane Petit

A small town on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Cadaques was the relaxed part of our trip through Northern Spain. Due to a throbbing ankle (mine), we even ended up cutting our hiking plans in the Pyrenees short and made tracks for the coast earlier than planned.

Stay, TravelAdina Marguerite PeaseFebruary 19, 2013A Place To Stay In..., Cadaques, Spain Comments

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