Guided Hiking Tour of the Los Campitos Lookouts in Tenerife

Guide to Spain’s 15 best birdwatching observatories: key species, best season, access and maps.

Vernacular architecture means buildings shaped by local needs, skills, and climate, made with nearby resources and indigenous building techniques rather than academic styles.

Asturias concentra en pocos kilómetros mar, valle y alta montaña, pasando del Cantábrico a los Picos de Europa; bosques, acantilados y rutas para todos los niveles.

You come to breathe deep and slow down, and Las Merindades rewards you with space, as this far-north Burgos landscape of canyons, waterfalls and stone villages feels untouched yet welcoming and invites visitors to hike limestone cliffs, visit Romanesque churches and enjoy rural tourism.

You want weekends that include your dog, not workarounds that exclude them, and across Spain pet-friendly getaways have grown as more travelers choose fresh air, quieter nights, and easy trails in rural areas.

In Spain and across Europe, more people share mountain paths with wildlife as urban edges expand and seasons shift, so knowing what to do if you encounter a wild animal reduces risk and keeps your outing enjoyable.

You can plan a rural getaway without a car and feel your pace slow the moment you arrive, as choosing public transport to the countryside cuts emissions, reduces stress, simplifies logistics, eases budgets, and deepens contact with local communities.

You want the mountains to welcome you and bring you back safely, so in Spain learning to read trail markers Spain is a simple skill that pays off in orientation, safety and respect for the land and its people, because a flash of paint on a rock can mean 'keep straight' or 'wrong way' and often spares you an hour of backtracking.

You asked for getaways near Santander that feel new without endless driving, so this list gathers seven under-the-radar places reachable in less than two hours by car and mixing beaches, villages, mountains and caves.

Vigo sits at a sweet crossroads where Galicia brushes the Minho and Portugal unfolds just down the coast, so if you’re craving getaways under 2 hours from Vigo this list shows beaches, market towns and national park valleys within easy reach.

You want nearby getaways from Madrid that feel fresh, simple, and doable this week, with solid info—times, prices and how to get there—without losing the thrill of discovering somewhere new.

The deer rut in Spain is one of Europe's most stirring natural events, and it deserves your respect.

You crave places where time slows and stone streets still hold stories, and Spanish villages that look like another era pull you in with preserved architecture, quiet plazas, and routines shaped by land and seasons.

You don’t need a long holiday to reset: weekends and day trips from Valladolid keep plans simple, costs low, and spirits high, letting you leave after breakfast and be back by dinner or extend into a carefree overnight.