Extremadura

When my osteopath, Edward Jones, suggested that I needed a new target, little did either of us realise where that would lead me. Shortly after Christmas 2008 and a few weeks after that conversation Lynn and I were in Portugal when I spotted a newly ...

... whole Roman Empire, are beginning to feature on tourist itineraries. But much of the region remains incredibly unspoilt. Extremadura's landscapes are characterized by the mountain ranges Cordillera Central, Montes de Toledo and Sierra Morena, the plains ...

Our second group excursions took us to Extremadura. I had a feeling when our group coordinator said that she wouldn't be going with us, but her assistants instead, that this wasn't going to be the most breathtaking location. We arrived in Merida first, ...