GPSMyCity: Take your travel guides anywhere!

Like any traveler, I have pet peeves about tripping, from tipping to sipping to the fact that my SBB Swiss train app for trains in Switzerland always freezes when a…

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What to do in Trujillo, Spain: Food, History and Daytrips

Extremadura is one of those places you want everyone to know about, but also want to have entirely to yourself.  Nestled between Madrid and Andalusia, it's an oft-overlooked part of Spain and…

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Photo Post: the Towns of Úbeda and Baeza

For whatever reason, the province of Jaén has always piqued my interest - and has always intimidated me. I considered it No Man's Land because of my extreme allergy to…

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Ten quick tips to saving money in Spain without even trying

As soon as I'd bought a house, my friends began making plans to travel to Spain. How could you beat a personal, bilingual tour guide who had crisscrossed the Iberian peninsula,…

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Five Reasons Why Andalucía is the Place to Be in May

Andalucía in springtime is perhaps the closest I can get to nirvana. Yes, the azahar flowers met an untimely death in April and my allergies are rampant, but even the…

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Photo Post: The Smurf Village of Júzcar, Málaga

If there is one thing that sleepy Júzcar, a small pueblo blanco at the end of a curving mountain highway near Ronda, can claim, it's that Smurfs live among them.…

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