Hostal Dos Puertas
Travel Blogs from Benicasim
Peniscola and enchanting fortress town
... the streets were decorated with lights and streamers and there were many nativity displays in the caves around the walls.The Christmas market of course was an added attraction with a menagerie of live animals, camels, donkeys, ponies, calves, lambs, chickens, piglets and the turkey.
The air was full of the smell of churros, chestnuts, and paella cooking from different stalls. A place worth a ...
Chrismas Preparations
Preparations for Christmas
As always we bring a friend along with us on our journey...this year it is Meery.........courtesy of Georgie, Karen and Dave. He has settled in quite nicely and is enjoying the Spanish sun.
Also along the theme of Christmas we went to Peniscola today and there was a Spanish Christmas market in the old fort . It was very atmospheric and with carols playing very festive. We found a ...
Day trips - don't tell Cid
... interesting of the Costas. The stretch south of Valencia, which we visited four years ago, has a lot more to see. But wherever you go in Spain there’s sure to be some historic old town or castle, and so we’ve had some enjoyable trips. Two names in particular seem to crop up regularly hereabouts, both famous warriors – El Cid and Hannibal (the chap who crossed the Alps with elephants, not the chap who ...
Bonterra Park
... creations for home or garden. Here a are a few of their best and we have included two of our favourties that we have bought for our awning.
Many others on site have little lucrative hobbies from card making to wood crafts and we can understand why people want to stay here for the whole winter as it has this little village community ethos to it.
We really are enjoying our week here and are tempted to come back next year maybe for the whole ...
In Search Of The Holy Grail
... booked the car in. There is a metro station just 100 yards from the garage, so we saw this as an ideal opportunity to spend a day in Valencia, one of the few major Spanish cities we had not yet visited.
So we turned up on the appointed day at the appointed hour armed with dictionary, phrase book, registration certificate, warranty book, insurance certificate, passport, driving licence and the last service bill to explain ...