Spain’s booming tourism hits record numbers
July 24, 2015
Spain’s busy beaches (Playa del Ingles, Gran Canaria, above) Photo: Wouter Hagens / Wikimedia If it seems like you’ve
Spain’s busy beaches (Playa del Ingles, Gran Canaria, above) Photo: Wouter Hagens / Wikimedia If it seems like you’ve
Barcelona, and its new mayor, have recently expressed worries about too many tourists, and about their behavior (see yesterday’s NewsLink below), but the crowd is not likely to stop anytime soon. And if all the famous sights were not enough, a…
I’ve been to Barcelona a couple of times in the past, and it never really made a great impression on me. Until now.
Residents of Barcelona aren’t very happy with tourists. In fact, if you believe in a recent poll, you might think they’d rather be poor(er)
Too many people rambling on Las Ramblas? Barcelona mayor things so. Photo: Jeffwarder / Wikimedia Barcelona’s new mayor, Ada Colau, an
Barcelona is rolling out free WiFi on the city’s beaches this summer, and expects eventually to extend it city-wide. It’s already been tested at nearby
El Celler de Can Roca, in Girona, Spain, northeast of Barcelona took the top listing when the year’s World’s Best 50 Restaurants list was announced
There’s news this week about two “biggest” ships. One is the Allure of the Seas, biggest cruise liner afloat, and the other is a ship under construction, but so far without a name that will be the largest square-rigger sailing ship ever built. Royal…
I’m sure there must be some place without birds, but I haven’t been there. And everywhere I have been, the birds have caught my attention….
The pictures in this gallery are mainly architectural details—rooflines, entrances, windows—noticed in years of walking in cities and having my eye caught by a strong line, an unexpected contrast, an extended shape…I don’t even always know what catches me, and, as here, it’s often not the most significant building.
Spain’s busy beaches (Playa del Ingles, Gran Canaria, above) Photo: Wouter Hagens / Wikimedia
Barcelona, and its new mayor, have recently expressed worries about too many tourists, and about their behavior (see yesterday’s NewsLink below), but the crowd is not likely to stop anytime soon. And if all the famous sights were not enough, a…
I’ve been to Barcelona a couple of times in the past, and it never really made a great
Residents of Barcelona aren’t very happy with tourists. In fact, if you believe in a recent poll, you might
Too many people rambling on Las Ramblas? Barcelona mayor things so. Photo: Jeffwarder / Wikimedia Barcelona’s
Barcelona is rolling out free WiFi on the city’s beaches this summer, and expects eventually to extend it city-wide. It’s
El Celler de Can Roca, in Girona, Spain, northeast of Barcelona took the top listing when the year’s World’s Best
There’s news this week about two “biggest” ships. One is the Allure of the Seas, biggest cruise liner afloat, and the other is a ship under construction, but so far without a name that will be the largest square-rigger sailing ship ever built. Royal…
I’m sure there must be some place without birds, but I haven’t been there. And everywhere I have been, the birds have caught my attention….
The pictures in this gallery are mainly architectural details—rooflines, entrances, windows—noticed in years of walking in cities and having my eye caught by a strong line, an unexpected contrast, an extended shape…I don’t even always know what catches me, and, as here, it’s often not the most significant building.