http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37514 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37514 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37497 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37497 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37496 This is just one place, there are hundred of bars around Granada where you can enjoy a nice tapa with your drink, sharing laughts with friends, getting lost in its little and magical streets, contemplating its astonishing arquitecture. Or simply buy a beer and a durum kebab in "Calle Elvira" and walk up to the "Mirador de San Nicolás" and enjoy the BEAUTIFUL view, while you listen the music of the flamenco musicians who are play in the squares. It's just bewitching.

BEAUTIFUL NATURAL SPACES AND BEACHES:
-Cabo de Gata-Níjar, a must!

MY HOMETOWN, ANTEQUERA: In the centre of Andalusia, you will find Antequera. Antequera is a beautiful, cultural and historical town. A fascinating place where you can travel from the bronze age visiting the pre-historical dolmens to the wonderful Al-Andalus era, walking around the beautiful Moorish fortress. Without forgeting the classical world -Roman heritage- and the beautiful 33 churches that Antequera has, traces of the Reconquista.
Also, a wonderful place to enjoy its beautiful food! Visiting the "Bar Carrera" or "Las Hazuelas" you will think you are in heaven :)
It's very important that you don't forget visiting "El Torcal", an amazing walk in our unique mountains! As well as enjoying a cheap delicious home-made rustic lunch in one of the "ventas" (inns).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37496 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37495 Gentle meandering walk along the riverbank through fields of wildflowers and orange trees. Discover on the way a free irrigation museum with examples of horizontal water wheels and ancient irrigation methods. The climax of the walk takes you up a steep incline to the 16th century church at the top of Puig de Missa with breathtaking views across the Ibiza landscape and out to sea.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37495 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37494 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37494 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37492 Order a small cerveza at the bar and you are asked 'tapas', then feast your eyes on the array of fresh seafood and meats for you to choose from free of charge with your drink. Choose from the sweetest clams and prawns, sardines, red mullet, pork fillets, chorizo sausage - the list goes on. All the food is cooked on the plancha by a Torres lookalike.
We sat there for three hours watching the Spanish football one night and we made our way through their entire tapas collection twice and all free with each drink ordered. The bill came to 25 Euros! Try and do that in the UK...]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37492 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37489 From here there are three options (not including returning to the city centre). Firstly you could follow the Turia (the old river now converted into a park) down to the City of Arts and Sciences, one of Valencia's landmark features. On the way you'll pass the Palau de la Música and walk under many bridges each with its own feature.
Secondly you could carry on out of the city to Alboraya - the Spanish hometown of horachata, a sweet, milkly, nutty drink. I'd recommend the Horchateria Toni for the best tasting and value horchata in Alboraya.
My final option is take the tram down to the Malvarrosa beach (10 minutes away) and walk along the sea front or relax on the sand in the sun.
After doing all this you'll probably be ready to return to your hostel late in the evening, although Benimaclet is worth the visit, I'd recommend staying in a hostel in the centre for travel convenience.
A tip when travelling around Valencia - beware the road sign names. In the city the road sign names are in Valencian but on many maps they are written in Castillan, they are pretty similar but don't go looking for an exact name if you have the Castillan version.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37489 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37487 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37487 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37486 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37486 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37485 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37485 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37482 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37482 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37481 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37481 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37480 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37480 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37479 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37479 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37478 Alcala de Henares is an university city and there is also many good places for tapas, in most places for less than 3€ you get a drink with a big tapa of your choice.
You can get there in 40min from Atocha Station in Madrid.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37478 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37476 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37476 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37464 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37464 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37463 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37463 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37462 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37462 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37457 The surrounding Bernia and Montgo mountain range and hills provide both shelter from the harsh winter weather from the north and a natural vortex for cooling summer sea breezes.
Staying in a wonderful villa with views towards the Bernia mountains and the wonderful sunsets is one thing, but to take a walk up the mountain and go through the eye (cave) of the mountain to the southern side is a major boost to body and soul.
A 30 minute drive from Moraira to the start of the walk is one of the most enjoyable and picturesque B road drives you can take along this part of the coast. A relatively easy 2 hour walk will take you from the parking area of the Bernia, to the cave entrance, whereupon the low ceilinged cave means you need to crab crawl through 30 minutes to the other side.
Going up at around 11am in winter ensures you are in the shade of the mountain when ascending, so no breaking into a sweat, but then with the sun on you as you exit the cave on the south side...just perfect.
Take a small picnic or go to the mountain restaurant on the return leg by car.
Travelling south as you exit Benissa on the N332 turn right for Alcalali and then at 100 mts at the junction crossover to follow the sign for Bernia. Follow this winding road up the mountain with stunning views at every bend with the Montgo mountain behind you. At the top there is a T junction, so turn left and park under the trees in the little hamlet of fincas.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/37457