Summer is here and with it the quintessential sport, surfing. In Spain there are many different beaches and waves waiting to be surfed, and knowing this, it seems that the initiative to train a few people in this sport has succeeded in recent years, filling the camps with a capacity of more than 100 people during all summer. To begin I should say that there is a page called Surf & Travel which operates as a kind of school with vacation packages that include surf in their listing. Some of the best surf schools in Spain are:

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Undoubtedly one of the best parties on the summer in the Canary Islands is what is called La Embarcación de la Virgen del Carmen, that is anually celebrated in the Puerto de la Cruz, every single month of july. The event on 2010 will take place on Tuesday 13^th, where more than 30.000 people will assist. Since 8 o’clock in the mornng, fishermen will be outside churches praying for the virgin, that will allegedly give them luck through all the next fishing year.

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La Noche de San Juan is celebrated every year around June 21 (in Spain the night of the 23rd) due to the start of the summer solstice. To give “more power to the sun,” light fires in several countries remain all night, while those around it celebrate summer in differents ways: Drinking alcohol, being naked on the beach at night or making sacrifices and rituals for various reasons…

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Below we show the five best campsites in Spain according to my humble taste. I have not taken into account prices, but services offered, location and any additional activities that can be done via the campsite:

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The old continent has dog fighting tourism, people who own fighting dogs and move around looking for a fight. We must stop dog fighting. We need to regulate their breed and license them. I still can’t believe there is a kind of tourism that travels around the world looking for wealthy dog fights. If you see somebody with more than 10 pitbulls or similar ask yourself why, he is not a dog lover, he uses them to fight and earn money. This is the case of an Irishman called Lester Keating, a man who is just about to move to Spain (Málaga) to create a pitbull farm, all of them to be used in dog fights around Europe, and yes, you have heard well, Europe.

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Photo by Félix Senior

Not many turists know the treasures they have below them when they have a bathe in any Spanish beach. Most turists come to Spain for its beaches, sun, party and luxury, they don’t give a damn about history, culture and treasures, at least not all of them. But the truth is that Spain has one of the most amazing seabeds in the world, not because of the corals or mamals but for its amazing history. Ships and boats, with entire fleets, have been sailing along Spanish coasts for centuries, many of them wrecked for being to old or badly made but, most of them, went down because of a battle, in one of the dozens of wars that Spain has fought since the first days.

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Everybody knows that the best carnival in the world is held on Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), but just after this one comes Tenerife, in Canary Islands, the paradise islands of Spain.

This year the Carnival of Tenerife will start on the 26th of January with plenty of events like the Presentación de Candidatas a Reina Teatro del Círculo de Amistad XII de Enero (This is to become the Carnival’s Queen), and it will finish on the 21st of February with the celebration of the Gran Concurso de Automóviles Antiguos, which is a competition of antique cars.

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Museums, thematic parks, routes, sites…, Spain is land of dinosaurs. This time, we’ll show you the most exciting and enlightening places in the country to enjoy a Jurassic weekend.
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For adventurers of all ages, the forest acrobatic park makes possible an enjoyable day of sport, fun and nature. There is no better way to get the adrenaline going than pitching oneself into the void liana in hand, Tarzan style. Let’s fasten our harnesses and have a look at the most remarkable acrobatic parks in Spain, due as much to the quality of their facilities as to their picturesque locations.
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According to a report in El Pais, Cordoba, that had always suffered from a lack of high-quality hotels supply, has gone from having no five-star hotel, to three. The news would not be so important if we did not have in mind that Cordoba aspires to be Capital of Tourism, thanks mainly to the construction, expected in early 2010, of the Palacio de Congresos Centro Sur. It is also important to know that Cordoba may be European Capital of Culture in 2016. These three new hotels will not leave aside the culture of the city as all of them will be located in the old town or nearby.

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