A diverse country of lush green valleys, dusty mountains, sun-soaked beaches and rolling, arid plains, Spain is an amalgamation of smaller principalities, from Catalonia in the south to the Basque country in the north. All told, there are seven recognised regional languages, and the influence of these subcultures can be seen clearly throughout the country. […]

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 […]