Category: Spain
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Oller Del Mar Winery // Barcelona Spain
One of the beauties of living in Spain is your ability to access some of the most incredible wine you’ll ever taste, for a price you won’t believe. We aren’t wine connoisseurs, but we do enjoy…
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Our Foodie Favorites // Barcelona Spain
One of our favorite things about travel is that we get to experience new and incredible food from all the places we visit. Chris and I consider ourselves “foodies”, and we love to find local spots with…
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Hiking Montserrat // Barcelona Day Trip
How to get there One of our favorite day trips from Barcelona was a visit to Montserrat, an easy 45-minute drive north-west of the city. Montserrat (or saw mountain) is part of Spain’s pre-coastal range and rises from the surrounding flat landscape as pillars of pink/orange sedimentary rock. Each time we visited, we were struck by how…
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Our Favorite Costa Brava Town // Calella de Palafrugell Spain
Calella de Palafrugell is by far one of our favorite spots on the Costa Brava! This little town, located an hour and a half from Barcelona, feels like you’ve stumbled upon a hidden treasure….
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Where to Hike on the Costa Brava // L’Escala, Spain
Where to Hike on the Costa Brava The Costa Brava is undoubtedly one of Spain’s best-kept secrets. Just over the border from the French Riviera, and far less crowded and tourist-ey, lie a number of tranquil, coastal Catalan towns that spatter the rocky shoreline. This region runs along the northeastern part of Spain, just north…
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Hiking The Mont-Rebei Gorge, Spain
Hiking The Mont Rebie Gorge If you’re looking for an incredible day trip hike in Catalunya, Spain, look no further than the Mont-Rebei Gorge. About a 2 hour and 40-minute drive from Barcelona, this scenic hike will not disappoint! We absolutely love the outdoors and were so excited to head north of Barcelona to the…
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Pals and Peratallada, Spain
There are so many incredible day trips in Catalunya, the region of Spain that Barcelona resides. We loved exploring new towns, hikes, and countryside many weekends, and had a blast showing our family around in March when they came to visit. About an hour north of Barcelona are the two medieval towns of Pals and…
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Marimurtra Botanical Gardens, Spain
This month has been full of visitors, which has held up my blogging a bit as we’ve been busy sharing beautiful Spain with our friends and family. Having visitors gives us an excuse to do the “touristy” things that we normally wouldn’t do, and explore the places we’ve been longing to go. While my mom…
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FC Barcelona Match!
We have been waiting to go to an FC Barcelona game for seemingly FOREVER. Finally this past weekend we made it to the infamous Camp Nou Stadium for a match between FC Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano with a group of our good friends. Although fairly high up, we had amazing seats in center field that…
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Hiking Tibidabo, Spain
Tibidabo rises 1,680 feet high directly behind out flat here in Barcelona. The mountain is at the far northwestern end of the city and is home to the famous Sagrat Cor Church and the oldest amusement park in Barcelona. We love to hike Tibidabo when we have a free afternoon, to marvel at the beautiful…
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