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Outdoor swimming pool maintenance – Liners

This article is primarily concerned with swimming pool liners of the flexible vinyl variety rather than the more traditional tile and cement approach. Owning and maintaining an outdoor swimming pool involves not just the purchase of the pool, but also ... Read >

Buying property in northern Spain

Over the last decade interest in buying a holiday property or second home in northern Spain has increased significantly, especially with British and Irish property house hunters. For the last thirty years it has been the south of Spain that has attract... Read >

Asturias in Spain

Asturias is at the northern most point of the Iberian Peninsula and it is bordered by Galicia and Cantabria. It forms what many describe as the region of "green Spain". With a location to the north of the Picos de Europa mountains, Asturias benefits fr... Read >

Santiago de Compostela – city of the Saint – a great story

This brief article is about the Santiago in Galicia, Spain and not the one in Chile. Santiago de Compostela started life in the 9th century as a church and monastic development built over the tomb of one of the apostles, Saint James – or so it is claim... Read >

A Coruna, Galicia, Spain

The province of A Coruna is to be found in northern Spain in the region known as Galicia. Coruna has several claims to fame. Firstly it is home to the city of Santiago de Compostela (lit. "of the star field") whose massive cathedral holds the remains o... Read >

Spain, history and the Romans

Spain has had a varied history with both conquests and invasions being a regular part of its evolution. Most visitors to this country are however unaware of all but the hot sun, inviting beaches and cheap alcohol, but there is another side to Spain and pe... Read >

An alternative Spain

Most tourists think of beaches and cheap alcohol when Spain is mentioned, but this holiday Mecca has another very different side and it is to be found in the north of the country. Beyond the stifling heat, endless bars and towering hotels of the Costa'... Read >

Thinking of visiting Galicia in Spain?

Visiting Galicia can be enjoyable, exciting and educational. This part of Spain has a wealth of historic buildings ranging from Celtic forts and Roman ruins, to Gothic and Neo-classical architectural masterpieces and few, other than the Spanish, will have... Read >

Galicia, a different view of Spain

Whilst there are Galicia's, not just in Spain, but also in Turkey and Poland, the one that we are looking at is located in the north west of the Iberian Peninsula and borders Portugal to its south. Galicia has a temperate rather than a Mediterranean cl... Read >