"Vejer de la Frontera is a town of secrets and surprises. The streets are a narrow jumble of thick, white walls that seem to silence all sound. As you walk you keep finding things: a section of ancient city wall, a sudden view of the hills of Morocco..."
The Best Travel Writing About Spain: Page 10 of 19
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CasaCinco
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Angela Moore
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Spain
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Costa de la Luz
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Vejer de la Frontera
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Punta Sur
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Angela Moore
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Spain
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Costa de la Luz
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Tarifa
"The Punta Sur is a slightly more downmarket and noticeably less expensive version of the Hurricane up the road. It’s run by the same people and for atmosphere and style it certainly gives its elder sibling a run for its money. The hotel..."
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Casas Karen
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Angela Moore
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Spain
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Costa de la Luz
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Caños de Meca
"Casas Karen is on a scrubby patch of land in scrubby little Canos de la Meca, a tiny town that straggles along the beach to cliffs on one side and the Trafalgar lighthouse on the other (the battle of Trafalgar was fought in the waters off this..."
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Hotel-Restaurante Zuhayra
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Brian Jackman
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Spain
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Andalucia (Cordoba)
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Zuheros
"With its Moorish castle and narrow streets of whitewashed houses, Zuheros is a typical Andaluz pueblo blanco, set against the limestone ramparts of the Sierra de Subbetica, an hour’s drive south of Cordoba. It is also the gateway to the beautiful..."
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Parador de San Francisco
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Brendan Sainsbury
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Spain
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Andalucia (Granada)
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Granada
"Widely admired as the most expensive hotel in Spain’s lauded Parador chain, the Parador San Francisco in Granada – situated rather splendidly inside the walls of the legendary Alhambra – is party to a well-guarded and unique secret: it was here that..."
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Carmen de Santa Ines
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Brendan Sainsbury
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Spain
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Andalucia (Granada)
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Granada
"Smaller than the nearby Palacio (with which it shares the same owner) the Carmen de Santa Inés, located in a quiet corner of the hilltop Albaicín, fails to inspire the same feelings of reverence and awe imparted by its closest neighbour. Boasting..."
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Palacio de Santa Inés
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Brendan Sainsbury
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Spain
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Andalucia (Granada)
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Granada
"The older brother of the nearly Carmen, the Palacio de Santa Inés replicates many of its smaller namesake’s design features – but on a far more accomplished and grander scale. One wonders, in the circumstances, how the two interlinked establishments..."
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Cuevas el Abanico
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Brendan Sainsbury
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Spain
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Andalucia (Granada)
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Granada
"Located a mere mile or so away from the main cluster of Granada’s popular downtown hotels, Cuevas el Abanico presents a distinctly different feel to the facilities offered elsewhere. Built originally into caves on crags overlooking the steep..."
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El Ladrón de Agua
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Brendan Sainsbury
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Spain
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Andalucia (Granada)
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Granada
"El Ladrón de Agua, situated on the edge of Granada's old Moorish quarter, is a small sixteenth century palace that nestles beneath the imposing heights of the Alhambra hill. Refurbished in 2001-04 with a distinctly modern sparkle this refreshingly..."
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Hotel Monaco, Madrid
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Josie van der Schaaf
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Spain
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Madrid Region
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Madrid
"A former brothel which King AlfonsoXIII used to visit, the Monaco started life as an hotel in 1959 and not much has changed since. Some refurbishment has been done but the truth is this hotel feels old, dated, faded and even a bit dirty and run..."
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