In a valley surrounded by mountains and natural parks 60 kilometers north of Alicante lies a city with a long history. In Alcoy you get a more authentic picture of city life in the Valencian region than you do in the popular coastal cities. The city is known for its many bridges and viaducts that cross rivers, gorges and valleys, but you can also see modernist architecture and eat local dishes in traditional restaurants. The article describes what to see in Alcoy. Alcoy has

Planes is a small mountain village in the northern part of the Alicante region, surrounded by mountains, valleys and the Serpis River. The houses are located along the sides of a cliff with a medieval castle on top. The streets run in a ring around the cliff and are connected to each other by stairs and steep cross streets. Here you get an unvarnished picture of daily life in old Spain. Some of the buildings are painted brick houses, while others are unworked stone houses fro

When you drive to Alicante city from the east, for example from Benidorm, you will see a small, elongated mountain at the edge of the cliff on which the Castillo de Santa Bárbara is located. This is one of the most characteristic landmarks around Alicante, which is also clearly visible from the Castillo de Santa Bárbara, which many tourists visit. However, although this is a popular area for those who live nearby, it is little known among tourists. This article describes an e

Xirles is a small village in the municipality of Polop de la Marina in the province of Alicante. It is located at the foot of the mountain Monte Ponoig, popularly known as the Sleeping Lion. The village has narrow streets with well-preserved old brick buildings and has just over a hundred inhabitants. In the area around the town, four marked hiking trails have been created, which are described in this article. Most of the residents of Xirles are retirees - both Spanish and fo

Ten kilometers from Alcoy in the north of the province of Alicante lies the Parque Natural del Carrascal de la Fuente Rojo nature reserve. There are several hiking trails in this area. One of the most popular goes to the top of El Menejador, which rises 1,356 meters above sea level. From there you can see the valley through which the Polop river flows, with the Sierra de Mariola mountain range on the other side and the city of Alcoy at the bottom of the valley to the east. Yo

The eastern part of Altea's coastline has always been a beach with a promenade (paseo) within it. For decades, however, parts of the western coastline - Playa de Bol - have been taken over by a road and a parking lot. In 2023, work began on converting the parking lot into a beach. Now the city has 800 meters longer coastline. In addition, both the paseo and the beach have become wider. Playa de Bol has once again become a real beach. This post describes the entire Altea paseo

Between the ninth and sixth centuries BC, the Phoenicians had a large city called Herna in an area of ​​the Sierra de Crevillente mountain range in Spain. An archaeological excavation has provided a lot of information about how the city was organized. It was a whopping 40 hectares and was surrounded by a strong wall. Today, this is a great destination for a hike where you can learn about the history on an archaeological route while walking in a beautiful and distinctive mount

Morro de Toix is ​​the extreme tip of the Sierra Bernia mountain range where it flows into the Mediterranean Sea between Altea and Calpe. From the Mirador Morro de Toix you can see much of the northern Costa Blanca. It only takes 10 minutes to walk up there, and from there a bird watching route leads on a 1.4 km long hiking trail up to a mast station. Morro de Toix separates the Marina Alta area from the Marina Baixa. On one side is Calpe, on the other is Altea. From the Mira

A few kilometers from the village of Castell del Castells, an hour's drive inland from the Costa Blanca near Benidorm, lies a natural...

One kilometer north of the coastal town of Grebbestad on Sweden's west coast lies a burial ground from the Late Iron Age covered in...

Until the last ice age thirty thousand years ago, muskoxen were a natural part of the fauna of Norway. But the strain that lives on...

A hundred meters outside the town of Hamburgsund on Sweden's west coast in Bohuslän lies the five-kilometer-long and three-kilometer-wide...

Five kilometers from the center of Strömstad is Daftö Resort. It is a large and modern campsite with much of what one could wish for in a...

Denne fotturen på 1,5 km på turveier langs Frognerelva gjennom Vigelandsparken og ned til Skøyen passer fint for hele familien.

Denne korte fotturen på Oljeberget ved Strömstad egner seg for hele familien. På toppen får du fin utsikt over sentrum og skjærgården rundt.

In 2023, Norway's first treetop path opened in Hamaren activity park in Fyresdal. It is a 2-meter-wide wooden footbridge on stilts that...

Denne rundturen til toppen av Vardåsen egner seg for alle i normalt god fysisk form. Den går for det meste på sti ti skog. Flott utsikt.

Denne fine sandstranden med gressplen og tursti er egnet for hele familien. Parkeringsplass like ved. Toaletter på stedet.

Denne fotturen på grusveger på en bilfri øy i indre Oslofjord passer for alle. Her får du fine naturopplevelser i naturvernområdet.

A little south of Smögen on Bohuslän's west coast lies an island where people have for centuries subsisted on fishing, farming and boat...

Hornborgasjön is a large shallow lake in western Götaland, Sweden, best known for the large influx of cranes during the spring and autumn...

Hoffselva receives its water flow from the areas around Holmenkollen, Voksenkollen and Vettakollen. The waterway flows through...

Most people know Kolsåstoppen in Bærum, and then you usually think of Søndre Kolsåstopp, which rises 342 meters above sea level. But...

Just 41 km from the city of Murcia lies an area of ​​237 square kilometres where drought combined with heavy rainfall over millions of...

An excursion to an unusual sculpture park in a disused quarry near Elche. Interesting for children and adults of all ages.

Five kilometres from the centre of Elche lies the Presa de Elche. It dams the Vinalopó River and is a beautiful sight. You can get there...

Ruta 99 is an initiative inspired by Route 66 in the USA and the Spanish pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela. The aim is to increase...

This is an easy mountain hike for that goes from the coastal town of Dénia over the mountain El Montgó to old wind mills at the Jávea.

The Parque Natural de las Salinas de Santa Pola is a RAMSAR area where they have wanted to provide extra good protection for fauna and...

Twenty kilometers from the coast inside Oliva on the Costa Blanca, a disused railway line has been converted into a beautiful hiking and...