Huelva, Spain
While other cruisers climbed aboard buses bound for Seville, we took the shuttle bus into Huelva city centre, where we had already arranged the hire of a car, so we could have a day...
Author: Liz
Santiago de Compostela
The first port on our Iberian cruise was actually A Coruña, a city on the north-west Atlantic coast of Galicia, Spain. And we did manage to find time to tour it briefly in the...
Iberian Splendour Cruise 2015
Finding ourselves with an excuse to visit Barcelona and wanting to cram in as much as possible on our holiday, we decided to take advantage of a Holland America Line cruise out of Southampton that finished...
Beyond Barcelona
With a week for exploring Barcelona and its surrounds, we took advantage of a tour to Montserrat, and on another day, a game of golf at Real Club de Golf El Prat, a wander...
Barcelona – Gaudí and more
Our week in Barcelona was jam-packed with sightseeing. We were booked into the HCC Hotel Regente which is very well located just north west of the Plaça Catalunya on Rambla Catalunya and not far from...
A Week in Barcelona
Late September 2015 was the perfect time for visiting Barcelona – warm days, balmy nights and the excitement of La Mercè festival which brings thousands of extra tourists to this already magnetic city. Barcelona is the...
Ankara and Atatürk
The long drive from Cappadocia to Ankara was broken up with several stops to ease the monotony, so we finally arrived in the city centre in early afternoon. Our main focus today was visiting...
Cappadocia – the Land of Fairy Chimneys
Ever since I first saw photos of the fabulous land forms of Cappadocia, Turkey, I have been dying to go there. Finally, on our Gate 1 coach tour of Turkey, we got to spend...
