Catalonia, Valencia, and the Costa Blanca Features

Catalonia, Valencia, and the Costa Blanca Features

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  Visit historic Girona: In the city of Girona, monuments of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic culture are only steps apart.... read more

• Catalonia's National Dance
  

  The sardana, Catalonia's national dance, is often perceived as a solemn and dainty affair usually danced by senior citizens in front of the Barcelona... read more

• Reus: Birthplace of Modernisme
  

  No city matches Barcelona, of course, for the sheer density of its Modernisme, but it all began here in Reus (13 km [8 mi] northwest of Tarragona)... read more

• A Good Walk
  

  A good place to begin your stroll through Valencia's historic center is at the cathedral in the Plaza de la Reina (climb the Miguelete Tower... read more

• The Oasis of Elche
  

  If Alicante is torrid in summer, Elche (24 km [15 mi] southwest) is even hotter but surrounded by the largest palm forest in Europe, granting... read more