Spain worries about too many tourists and not enough
Spain worries about being swamped in tourism as other countries lose business, and also worries that the visitors are not spending enough.
Spain worries about being swamped in tourism as other countries lose business, and also worries that the visitors are not spending enough.
For those who can't sleep without stimulation (how ironic!) a new website offers to bore you to drowsiness.
A cave deep under a building in a Basque resort town is the home of spectacular cave paintings...but they won't be opened to the public.
Madrid and other Spanish cities have developed colonies of Quaker parrots, an invasive species that arrived as pets.
Another Chinese reproduction of western architecture, this time with 16th century villages where Shakespeare and Cervantes were born.
Catalonia's Concurs de Castells features teams of up to 500 people building human pyramids.
International Air Group makes some moves to drum up new traffic on both Atlantic and Pacific routes.
Since abandoning Franco-era fascist lyrics, Spain's had to make do with a centuries-old anthem that has no official words.
As Catalonia's secession movement continues to grow, discord among secessionist parties may be a roadblock.
Gumbo was visiting Sagrada Familia Schoolhouse. Built more than a century ago to educate the children of the construction workers who were building Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia Cathedral, it is a excellent example of simple yet beautiful design that was the hallmark of much of the Modernisme architectural movement.
A Spanish cafe sticks up for politeness, and finds it's making a difference.
Tomatoes by the ton and other entertainments mark La Tomatina, the world's biggest (and best-promoted) tomato fight festival.
A 140+ acre Mediterranean island just off Menorca is for sale, complete with beaches, boathouse, jetty and history.
A Ryanair passenger who missed his flight catches it anyway, by running across the field!
Ian Cook shares images of and from Pico de las Nieves, the highest peak of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.