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Posted on 6/16/17 at 4:57 am to rintintin
Awesome pics. Glad you liked Madrid. Apparently it's hit or miss for some, but it's one of my favorite European cities. Also, ¡Hala Madrid!
Since you mentioned some fantasy type stuff, thought you (or someone reading this) might find it interesting that the plaza you posted a picture of in Seville is featured in Star Wars: Episode II and the Alcazar Palace is the setting for Dorne in Game of Thrones!
Based on your experience, where would you recommend going for a beach vacation in Spain? I'm looking at taking a week or two vacation next August, but I'm having trouble figuring out where to stay. Would love to hear the names of some small coastal towns you drove through. (Full disclosure: literally looking to just bum it up on the beach; I'm moving to Madrid soon and won't need to "Eurotrip" it in any way, shape, or form.)
Since you mentioned some fantasy type stuff, thought you (or someone reading this) might find it interesting that the plaza you posted a picture of in Seville is featured in Star Wars: Episode II and the Alcazar Palace is the setting for Dorne in Game of Thrones!
Based on your experience, where would you recommend going for a beach vacation in Spain? I'm looking at taking a week or two vacation next August, but I'm having trouble figuring out where to stay. Would love to hear the names of some small coastal towns you drove through. (Full disclosure: literally looking to just bum it up on the beach; I'm moving to Madrid soon and won't need to "Eurotrip" it in any way, shape, or form.)
Posted on 6/16/17 at 5:56 am to rintintin
Fabulous trip. I pulled a similar loose route and always recall Olive trees, tapas, paella, and gazpacho from that tour. Ronda is a great side trip from that route for anyone plotting a similar adventure. Well done and thanks for adding the pics
Posted on 6/16/17 at 6:55 am to cupchu1
Have you considered Mallorca (Majorca)? Since you will spend time mainland later Mallorca is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean. Upscale and mature destination but not best economical option. Mainland beaches might best be around Marbella
Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:53 am to rintintin
Awesome trip! I need to revisit my credit card rewards program. That's a great price for 3 weeks!
Posted on 6/16/17 at 8:06 am to cupchu1
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Based on your experience, where would you recommend going for a beach vacation in Spain?
Based on the places I went I would definitely recommend the Costa Brava area bout an hour north of Barcelona. That's where I did the cliff jumping, but it's natural beauty and it being less crowded made it the best beach towns I saw.
I went to 2 main beaches, Cala de Castell and Platja de sa Riera. These beaches were much more chill than others I stopped at in Southeast Spain.
The pictures at the bottom of my second post are from those 2 beaches.
Some cities I would NOT recommend, but were recommended to me are the Peniscola area, and Benidorm. These places were nothing but old people and not nearly the natural beauty of Costa Brava. Not much different than going to any beach resort town here in the U.S.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 9:52 am to rintintin
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ynlvr
I kind of brushed off the islands because I figured they'd be too expensive to be worth it, but I'll definitely give it a look.
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rintintin
Those shots of your cliff jumps were beautiful, I'll check out some places along there! Was mostly looking at Andalucia over Catalonia before, which may be where part of my problems in finding good spots stemmed from.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 10:29 am to cupchu1
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Was mostly looking at Andalucia over Catalonia before, which may be where part of my problems in finding good spots stemmed from.
Yeah they have some pretty places in Andalusia, but nothing I saw compared to Costa Brava. Most towns in Andalusia were just long beaches with resorts and stuff along the coast.
Costa Brava seemed more secluded, and apparently more of a vacation spot for wealthier folks, so alot of houses and whatnot as opposed to big hotels and resorts. More "Mediterranean" I'd say.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 12:26 pm to rintintin
To all those who wonder what the OP is:
A simple Google Image search turnt up this-
A simple Google Image search turnt up this-
Posted on 6/16/17 at 12:30 pm to rintintin
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Costa Brava seemed more secluded, and apparently more of a vacation spot for wealthier folks, so alot of houses and whatnot as opposed to big hotels and resorts. More "Mediterranean" I'd say.
Sounds great, that's exactly what I'm looking for (assuming I find something for relatively cheap, that is). Looking at images of big hotels on the beach in Malaga really bummed me out.
Posted on 6/17/17 at 12:14 am to rintintin
Great recap. Very well done. I'm in Barcelona now and it is just phenomenal. I went up to Montserrat Monastery yesterday - way too crowded and touristy for my tastes but did take in the views and get a great meal of steak, delicious patatas, seared tomatoes and peppers and a delicious red table wine. Then a night in the gothic quarter. I've got a total of nine days so Mrs Pimp and I have a lot planned . So far it's been pretty awesome.
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Posted on 6/17/17 at 7:25 am to rintintin
Looks like a hell of a time, great review
Posted on 6/18/17 at 5:03 pm to Lsupimp
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went up to Montserrat Monastery yesterday
Oh wow, I just looked that up. I had no idea it existed. Looks like quite a sight.
9 days all in Barcelona?
Posted on 6/18/17 at 5:27 pm to rintintin
Awesome....
Posted on 6/18/17 at 5:59 pm to rintintin
Well that puts my little Destin trip to shame. 
Looks like you had a great time. ^5 man.
Looks like you had a great time. ^5 man.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:27 am to rintintin
Yeah that's my style. I go and stay in a region and usually take 2/3 day trips to outlying sites. Yesterday I went to Sitges for the flower carpet festival and went to all the Gaudi sites today and tonight I am going to the Cavas Cordineu Winery for dinner/ drinks etc. I'll do a Barcelona trip report when I get back.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:54 am to Lsupimp
Looks like an incredible trip -- thanks for sharing.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 9:06 am to rintintin
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I planned this trip basically to not have a plan. All I booked was the flight and a rental car. Everything else was done on the spot. Most of my hotel and AirBnB stays were booked the night before or the night of.
Awesome. Did this same thing when I backpacked around Europe in 2000. Thought I'd spend more time in Spain, but ended up loving France and Belgium more, so only spent a few nights in Spain. Still pissed I didn't go to Portugal.
Solo travelling is awesome. Wish I could still do it, but with wife and kids that's no longer possibly.
Posted on 7/23/17 at 8:50 am to rintintin
Sorry for the oversight....awesome review!
Posted on 8/17/17 at 4:12 pm to rintintin
Just wanted to let you know this thread inspired me :) I'm doing a solo trip to Spain in ~April because of you.
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