Tagged With "Paseo Atocha"

Another find for the Belles Lettres category: The 19th-c sign atop the older part of Madrid's Atocha rail station.

On our second-to-last day in Puerto Rico, we headed to the south shore of the island, to the city of Ponce. It's smaller than San Juan, has less tourist traffic—all that, and yet it considers itself the cultural equal of the capital or of...

PHeymont examines some of the outward aspects of buildings that give Madrid its character.

The famous turtles of Madrid's Atocha rail station are being relocated to a nature park because of overcrowding and sanitation issues.

No, not a king's arboretum, or the Budapest palm house. And not in the Mid-Atlantic region. PortMoresby came closest when she suggested an airport, possibly in southern Spain. It's actually the main long-distance waiting room of Madrid's Atocha...

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Jonathan L explores the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, the center to the Puerto Rican community.

Museo de las Americas One of the highlights of visiting the Museo de las Americas (web site) in Old San Juan is the “Indian in America” which is a permanent exhibit. This is recognition of over 20 tribes from around the Americas....

Jonathan L takes us on a walking tour along the walls of Old San Juan. Part 2 of his walk will appear next Sunday.

Jonathan L takes us on a walk down the Paseo Boricua in Chicago to see some of the street art there.

Most of us have, at one time or another, arrived in a new city too early to check in at hotel or Airbnb, and with no desire to drag the bags around until the afternoon. Or, we've checked out by 11 am, and need a place to leave the luggage until it's time to move on. My easy solution used to be the 'Left Luggage' service that was in nearly every city's main train station. But, over the past 20 years and especially the last 10, fewer stations have the service, or have it at impossible prices...

Madrid is about to dig a new station for high-speed trains under the existing Atocha complex