Category: Spain

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Summer 2025 Family Trip – Madrid day trip to Royal Palace of Aranjuez, another hidden gem palace!

September 14, 2025

Our last full day in Madrid, I decided to visit the Royal Palace of Aranjuez because we hadn’t been there (In fact, we didn’t visit any palaces on our first trip to Madrid because they did not allow photography inside. However, that has changed recently!) and it has direct local trains from Atocha via the… Read More Summer 2025 Family Trip – Madrid day trip to Royal Palace of Aranjuez, another hidden gem palace!

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Thanksgiving 2017: Granada and the Famous Alhambra

February 7, 2018

The Alhambra, the most visited site in Spain, has a limit on the number of people entering on each period: morning, afternoon, and sometimes evening. Due to this capacity restriction, it is highly recommended to purchase tickets in advance. Also, for the famous Palacios Nazaries (Nasrid Palaces) can only be granted entrance at the time slot… Read More Thanksgiving 2017: Granada and the Famous Alhambra

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Thanksgiving 2017: The White Villages of Andalusia

January 30, 2018

Thanksgiving 2015, we went to Machu Picchu. Thanksgiving 2016, we saw the Northern Lights at Iceland. Thanksgiving 2017…….we wanted someplace warm that we can discover for few days and I had to use our $300 American Airlines voucher from our Christmas trip delay. We were looking everywhere and finally decided southern Spain to explore the Pueblos… Read More Thanksgiving 2017: The White Villages of Andalusia