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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

Where Do You Most Want to Go in 2012?

Across The Cafe Table: Where do you most want to go in 2012 but haven’t been yet?

Yep it´s Cafe Table time with The Travel Belles again and yep I´m late again - but the intention was there. Does that count? I should get a few more Brownie points for knowing it was the day (last Wednesday) and getting around to it today (Sunday)?

Well it´s a biiiiig question. There are so many places in the world I want to go, certainly more than I don´t want to go to.

But - there are also so many beautiful historical cities in Spain I want to see, so I´m thinking doing short trips or long weekends (that sounds better and longer!) I´m going to say I want to go to:

Madrid
Avila
Salamanca
Caceres
Badajoz
Santiago de Compostela
Salamanca
Toledo and
Bilbao

In no order whatsoever only what the mind thought of. I daren´t look at a map or the list will quadruple. I´ve started small. With a busy looking year ahead I´ll be very happy to visit two off this list more would be bliss.

So in 2012 exploring outside Andalucia as well as within, anyone want to join me, Travel Belle or not? A city break?


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