Spain-Portugal Road Trip Map & Highlights
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It was the second week of May, just ahead of the Spanish summer, when we touched down in Madrid to embark on a road trip, a kind of pear-shaped circle, around Spain and Portugal. It was our first time in this part of the world (although it had been a long-standing place-marker on our wish list), we were armed with only a cryptic guidebook or two, with no expectations.
It was the second week of May, just ahead of the Spanish summer, when we touched down in Madrid to embark on a road trip, a kind of pear-shaped circle, around Spain and Portugal. It was our first time in this part of the world (although it had been a long-standing place-marker on our wish list), we were armed with only a cryptic guidebook or two, with no expectations. A month and 3,500 kilometres later the two of us were utterly sold. With not a smattering of Spanish between us, we’d managed to hand-signal our way through bistros, tapas bars and a few serious food establishments. The fare was formidable. We were slayed by art and architecture, bewitched by the Moor and Islamic heritage, astonished at the wild ingenuity of graffiti’d neighbourhoods, beguiled by avenues and cafés and animated street life. And breathless at the heat of a still-fledgling summer. What follows is a visual summary of our route with trip highlights.
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