Theme Week La Rioja – Haro

31 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Wine barrels of the famous wine of Haro in the City Hall, waiting for the beginning of the Haro Wine Festival © Bigsus/cc-by-sa-3.0

Wine barrels of the famous wine of Haro in the City Hall, waiting for the beginning of the Haro Wine Festival © Bigsus/cc-by-sa-3.0

Haro is a town and municipality in the northwest of La Rioja province in northern Spain. It is known for its fine red wine and every year the Haro Wine Festival (Batalla de Vino) is held where locals hold a wine battle.   read more…

Theme Week La Rioja – Logroño

30 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Market square © flickr.com - comakut/cc-by-sa-2.0

Market square © flickr.com – comakut/cc-by-sa-2.0

Logroño is the capital of the autonomous community of La Rioja, formerly known as La Rioja Province. The population is at 152,000 while the metropolitan area included nearly 197,000 inhabitants. The city is a centre of the trade in Rioja wine, for which the area is noted, and also produces wood, metal, and textile products. The Camino de Santiago passes through the city. Logroño is the shopping and financial capital of La Rioja. Its economy is heavily reliant on wine. The new airport Logroño-Agoncillo connects the city with Madrid and Barcelona. The city lies 152 kilometres (94 mi) from Bilbao, 172 kilometres (107 mi) from Zaragoza, 336 kilometres (209 mi) from Madrid and 468 kilometres (291 mi) from Barcelona.   read more…

Theme Week La Rioja – Calahorra

29 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Parque de las Víctimas del Terrorismo © Zarteman/cc-by-sa-4.0

Parque de las Víctimas del Terrorismo © Zarteman/cc-by-sa-4.0

Calahorra is a municipality in the comarca of Rioja Baja, near the border with Navarre on the right bank of the Ebro. The city is located on a hill at an altitude of 358 metres at the confluence of the Ebro and Cidacos rivers. Calahorra is the second-largest city in La Rioja in population and importance, after the capital, Logroño. Its population is at 24,000 inhabitants.   read more…

Theme Week La Rioja – Alfaro

28 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

'Fruits and Vegetables' sculpture by Asador San Roque © Zarateman

‘Fruits and Vegetables’ sculpture by Asador San Roque © Zarateman

Alfaro is a town and municipality on the Ebro and Alhama Rivers. Its population is at 9,700 inhabitants. It is known for the annual return and nesting of the ‘Storks of Alfaro.’ Alfaro has a spectacular colony of storks, the world’s largest nesting on one single building. More than 400 of these birds choose the San Miguel Collegiate Church for their nests. Watching this number of storks flying through the air is an unforgettable spectacle. The Storks Day is celebrated during the first weekend in February   read more…

Theme Week La Rioja

26 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  6 minutes

Autumn in La Rioja © flickr.com - Jesus Solana/cc-by-2.0

Autumn in La Rioja © flickr.com – Jesus Solana/cc-by-2.0

La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province in Spain, located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. It covers part of the Ebro valley towards its north and the Iberian Range in the south. The community is a single province, so there is no County Council and it is organized into 174 municipalities.   read more…

Zaragoza, capital of Aragon

19 January 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar © flickr.com - Paulo Brandao

Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar © flickr.com – Paulo Brandao

Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is situated on the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and Gállego, near the centre of the region, in a valley with a variety of landscapes, ranging from desert (Los Monegros) to thick forest, meadows and mountains.   read more…

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