Bilbao–Guggenheim City

Bilbao, capital of Provincia de Vizcaya is situated in Northern Spain. It is made up of aged and contemporary segments linked by several bridges spanning the Rio Nervion.

The oldest component of the city is the Old City (known as the Seven Streets) has been under local security since 1972 due to its historical value. In here are the most imperative shops of the city, and it has a continual chain of bars and restaurants which bestows an extraordinary ambience.

At the very core of the Seven Streets is the Santiago Cathedral , which is the oldest sight that you can see in the vicinity. It has Gothic architecture and is definitely classified as a national integral piece in the history of art and architecture.

Bilbao lies within a huge iron ore mining expanse, near the Bay of Biscay, making it one of the major industrial centers of Spain and also an important seaport.

Bilbaínos are noted to be passionate with their ball games. They are also renowned for their warmth; a visitor to their territory is made to feel at home.

It is now a vibrant city of around 360,000 inhabitants. It forms the hub of the Greater Bilbao metropolis, which is habitat to almost one million people. The City of Bilbao is the Basque Country’s monetary and artistic centre. It is linked to the rest of Spain and Europe by an urbane highway network. It is also the permanent site of the International Samples Trade Fair . Bilbao is now considered one of the most exciting destinations in Europe.

For a long period of time, Bilbao was a very industrial area, one could see, even from miles away, the oven flames that were transforming iron into steel. Tourism was definitely not a foremost scheme of commerce, even if the inhabitants were mostly local tourists from other parts of Spain.

Bilbao, as industrialized as it is, has constantly comprised a unique appeal made possible by traces of earlier times, such as their old theaters, hospitals, mansions, and palaces.

With much gratitude to the construction of the famous Guggenheim Museum designed by the well-renowned Frank O. Gehry, people are now seeing Bilbao in a whole new light. More and more tourists are looking forward to visit Bilbao. Major developments such as metropolitan bridges, luxury hotels, sanitation moves, contemporary metro lines are now much anticipated, making the Bilbainos much more optimistic with reference to their homeland.

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Captivating Mallorca

Located in the middle of the West Mediterranean and about 60 miles off the coast of Spain, Mallorca (also spelled Majorca and read as MaYorKa) is said to be the largest of the 16 Balearic Islands. It measures 96 km at its widest point and 78 km long. This island covers an area of 3.640 km2, of which 554 km are made up of coastline. It owns varied scenery, and it has been a home to sundry cultures since olden times. Today, it has been a magnet to millions of tourists because of the mostly sunny weather and undeniably beautiful landscape. The continued visits of tourists even led to the birth of different lucrative businesses and became the main source of income for the island’s inhabitants.

Famous (and not-so-famous) European geniuses like Archiduke Louis Salvador of Austria, Chopin and Georges Sands, Robert Graves, Joan Miró are just some of the few who introduced themselves to the region. Many have spent their lives in the island. At present, Mallorca is slowly becoming a favorite destination to visit by some 7million tourists every year. Some opt to live permanently in the island (adding to the almost 600,000 population), making it a mixture of various people of different descents, mostly European.

Mallorca enjoys all the 4 seasons in a year although the typical weather is moderate and comparatively dry. Spring is a magnificent time to enjoy Mallorca’s natural reserves. It is a rather quiet season. Summer (from June to September) is definitely the unbeatable season that makes Mallorca famous to tourists. It is during this season that the sun fanatics flock the island. Autumn means the return of the perfect weather for walkers and nature-trippers. It is in this time of the year that the locals can show off their different home grown produce in the dynamic village markets. Winter season in Mallorca is to some extent subdued compared to the other seasons.

Mallorca does have first class hotels, shopping places, gambling locations, night spots, restaurants, top rated golf courses, museums, nature parks, fabulous beaches, and horse-riding clubs which are really a favorite among tourists.

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Let’s TRAVEL :-)

“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”

~St. Augustine

“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”

~Robert Louis Stevenson

“I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full.”

~Lord Dunsany


A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

~Lao Tzu

Much has been said about traveling, but the word is perceived differently by different people. To some, it may be a bothersome task of having to move from one place to another. To a few, it may be a luxurious time off from a stressful life. No matter how it is put to mind, one thing is for sure, traveling leads to learning. And that’s always a good thing.

Let’s explore this wonderful world. Let’s travel.:-)

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