February 5, 2007

Spain - Main page, start here

Spain is a very popular destination for vacation and home away from home.

We start with Wikipedia Spain - always a great introduction WikiTravel has a whole section on Spain which then links to regional information. The Spanish Tourist Office is also worth checking - in English and Spanish. More at Explore. A site full of detailed information is OKSpain - especially for the traveller based in the USA for tourists and general.
Travel would not be complete without
Lonely Planet so check their website .. better still get the guide if you are planning to explore. A popular travel site with country specific tips, comments and feedback is Virtual Tourist. Finally one more Just Spain will give you an all round general view of Spain then you can narrow down on the regions and cities.

Newspaper websites have travel section, one such site is Guardian Unlimited. Others mentioned elsewhere in this blog.

Plenty here on Spain worth checking out including travel, property and lots more.
Another site worth checking which covers more then Madrid is MadridMan.
SpainExpat for folks wishing to live in Spain this site is useful regards finance, tax, legal stuff etc.

It would be worth checking how you are getting to your accomodation once you have arrived at a Spanish airport. The following site will be useful so do check it out Spanish Airports.
For railway information try Eurail - in fact for train information operating within Europe.

Here are a few Property Agents/Developers who may be able to help seek that special
place in Spain .. we will add more in due course.
If you are thinking of a short stay in Spain and in return teach English and exchange other skills, knowledge etc. check out AISEC. Young people can have a summer study vacation with Abbey Road.

Spainish Properties
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SpainDirect4u. They cover the area along the beautiful south east coast of Spain in the wonderful Costa Calida, Costa Blanca and delightful Costa Almeria.
Almeria Granada.
Alpujarra.

Other property companies worth checking out:

Parador Properties This company do properties in Spain, Cyprus, Portugal, Turkey and Crete.
Spainish Property
Property Net Spain
Estate agents offering a range of inexpensive to luxury villas and apartments for sale around Valencia. Features advice on buying Spanish properties.

View Andalucia clip.
Explore City of Andalucia.
For Murcia region check Spain Assetz and Polaris World.
Another company with good local knowledge of Mediterranean started by three brothers is Destination-Mediterranean.
Parts of the region covering Cadiz and Jerez are still largely undiscovered. A estate agent in this area who seems professional is AlfiCasa. AlfiCasa will help you with short term holday rentals, long term rentals and property viewing trips. This region retains it's Spanish look and feel as it has not yet been hit by the European migrants.


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