The Basque are reckoned by some anthropologists to be the oldest culture in Europe; long before the Romans came they roamed the hills to the south and east of Bilbao. The city itself wasn’t founded until the 14th century, but today it is the commercial, cultural and political capital of the Basque region, locally known […]

The power of the Flamenco is not in the art of its choreography but the raw energy of its performance; as it is with Madrid, which lacks the architectural inspiration of Barcelona or the romantic iconography of Paris but retains an urban pulse to rival any city in Europe. There’s plenty of understated beauty along […]

As the sun sets over an azure Mediterranean sea, a Spanish guitar samples the flawless acoustics under a balcony in Gaudi’s gorgeous Park Guell. Downtown, the party is just getting started; Barcelona comes alive at night, when the ultra-hip populace emerge to dine, drink and dance into the early hours of the morning. The capital […]