For more general advice on booking a holiday in Spain, see our Spain summer holidays guide. Our guide features expert recommendations for cities, beach, villa,http://forum.gsa-online.de/discussion/2255/index.phpcheapjordanshoesfreeshipping.com/bolg, culture, food and drink and activity holidays,cheap jordans.

1. Gijón and Asturian cider


Asturias’s cool capital Oviedo might feel like the most obvious place to knock back local cider, but it’s fun-loving seaside Gijón that hosts the real summer cider revelry. Come late August, the Fiesta de la Sidra Natural sees cider-pouring competitions, local brewery tours,cheap jordans online, and free tastings across town. Topping it all is a yearly attempt to beat the world record number of simultaneous cider pourers. The festival dates are yet to be confirmed for 2017. To ensure a quiet spot for retreat, stay at the four-star Parador de Gijón, built from an old mill in Isabel la Católica Park. If you’d prefer to be in the thick of it, Cimadevilla’s Hotel Asturias is the ticket. Parador de Gijón doubles from ?63 (0034 902 54 79 79; parador.es); Hotel Asturias doubles from ?40 (0034 985 35 06 00; hotelasturiasgijon.es).&nbsp,Kicksokok.com;Isabella Noble

2. Food of the Basque Country


It seems the creative gods of New Basque cuisine can do no wrong, being continually showered with Michelin stars. Pintxo-packed San Sebastián alone takes in two of the world’s top 10 restaurants – Arzak and Mugaritz. But Basque gastronomy isn’t all high-end eateries and elaborate bite-sized pintxos (tasty though they are). An excellent way to feast on as many varied dishes as possible across the region is with the Spanish culinary expert A Taste of Spain’s “Basque Country for Foodies” holiday. Run on a flexible, private, small-group basis, the four-night trip takes in wineries, cooking classes, market ambles, and a traditional seafood lunch on the Basque coast, as well as local-expert-led pintxo tours and tastings in San Sebastián and Bilbao.


?1,737pp based on two sharing, flights not included (0034 856 07 96 26; atasteofspain.com) . IN

3. Cómpeta’s Night of the Wine, Andalusia


The whitewashed Andalusian mountain village of Cómpeta, an hours’ drive from Málaga,cheap wholesale jordans, throws a fantastic summer wine party, which is soaring in popularity. Held without fail on August 15, the Noche del Vino is a magical celebration of local tradition honouring the region’s fine muscatel wines. Daytime festivities kick off with the treading of the first grapes, mass-made migas (fried breadcrumbs) and local dancers. After dark, there’s live flamenco guitar, song and dance, and free Cómpeta wine into the early hours. Hotel Balcón de Cómpeta makes a great town base, but it’s worth venturing further afield. Pocketed away in the hills, Finca El Cerrillo is a stunningly restored 200-year-old farmhouse, with Moorish-inspired rooms and pool.




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Hotel Balcón de Cómpeta doubles from ?39 with a minimum six night stay (0034 952 55 36 62; hotel-competa.com); Finca El Cerrillo (0034 952 03 04 44; hotelfinca.com) doubles from ?78. IN

4. Empordà wine route, Costa Brava


The Empordà may not be as renowned as La Rioja but the gorgeously fertile countryside just inland from the Mediterranean produces some of the best wines in Catalonia. They’ve been cultivating grapes here since Roman times and vineyards carpet the landscape for miles. If you like the idea of touring beautiful scenery and stopping off at wineries to sample the local tipple, this is one of the loveliest areas to do it. Castillo Perelada is one of the major estates in the region and also includes the five-star Hotel Peralada. The hotel has its own spa which uses wine-based products and can also organise tastings and visits to its vineyards and cellars as well as the wine museum in the nearby medieval castle.


Doubles from ?117; visits to vineyards, with tastings from ?6pp (0034 972 53 88 30; hotelperalada.com). Eddi Fiegel

5. A paella, tapas and olive oil walking tour of Andalusia


Chapters Experience Holidays have a brand new collection of exciting, small group escorted tours for 2017. Their food and walking trip to the remote rural and almost timeless Alpujarras region of the Sierra Nevada offers an outdoor paella cooking demonstration, visits with tastings to local artisan producers of cheese, wine, Sierra ham and olive oil. From the whitewashed rustic farmhouse base of Las Chimeneas in Mairena there are trips to local food and fish markets, and lovely rural walks through olive and orange groves and vineyards with tapas lunches.









The Hotel Peralada at dusk









A seven-night Insight to the High Alpujarras tour from runs on dates in May, June and October for ?1285 with departures from Manchester, Birmingham and Gatwick and includes return flights and transfers, accommodation, all meals, yoga, cooking demonstrations and walks.

6. Sherry and tapas tour, Seville


Get a grip on the basics of what sherry is all about by tasting your way through the range from bone-dry fino to raisiny Pedro Ximénez on a jolly trawl around Seville’s bars – with just the right tapas to accompany each one. The tour, available at lunchtime or in the evening, is designed for small, intimate groups and is led by Shawn Hennessey, a food and wine expert and certified Sherry Educator, who knows the Andalusian capital inside out.


From ?65pp in groups of two to six (0034 608 63 62 90; sevillatapastours.com).

7. The art of Catalan cuisine


Martin Randall Travel seamlessly combines the tantalising tastes of Catalonian cuisine - a melting pot of Moorish and Mediterranean flavours peppered with exotic finds from the Americas - with the classic architectural delights of its heartland in the affable and brilliantly informed company of historian and foodie Gijs van Hensberg. The journey begins in the hidden cafes and specialist food shops of Barcelona’s winding Gothic quarter, delving into the abundant aisles of its fabulous Art Nouveau Boqueria market. In Figures,cheap jordan shoes, sample pungent artisan cheese and fruity olive oil and build up an appetite wandering through Girona’s medieval Old quarter before a superb Michelin-starred lunch at the brilliant Can Jubany. Curated suppers and long lunches are an exploration in themselves encompassing Catalan cooking traditions from the old to the very new. A lunch of fresh anchovies in Matisse’s favoured retreat, Coullioure, completes the journey.


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Martin Randall Travel (020 8742 3355; Martinrandall.com) is running this seven-day Gastronomic Catalonia Fine Food & Wine tour between September 4 and 10 from ?2,990, including flights, transfers, accommodation,cheap air jordans, most meals with wine and all tastings.

8. A gastronomic self-drive from Valencia to Cuenca




A morning in Valencia’s splendid Art Nouveau market sets the standard for an independent gastronomic tour of a lesser-known swathe of Spain. From Valencia, you drive along empty roads through exceptional landscapes to hilltop villages, sampling local specialities including ham, artisan cheeses and wines. Stops include Cantavieja, which was a stronghold of Templar knights, Teruel with its astounding Mudejar architecture and Albarracín, consistently voted one of the most beautiful towns in Spain. The eight-night “Teruel & Cuenca – Food & Wine” trip is organised by the Spanish Thyme Traveller, which recommends travelling in late spring or early summer.


From ?960pp, including most meals, maps and information pack but not flights (0034 962 25 41 48; thespanishthymetraveller.com). AB

9. Gourmet specialities of Extremadura and La Mancha


Unleash your inner Don Quixote on an autumn trip across the plains of La Mancha. You see peppers being smoked to make pimentón paprika in La Vera in Extremadura, witness the saffron harvest in Consuegra and visit Manchego cheese dairies. You also explore the great cities of Toledo and Madrid, learn to cook with paprika and saffron and eat at some of the best restaurants in the region. The “Spanish Spices” trip from A Taste of Spain runs in October during the saffron harvest.









This tour kicks off in Valencia






From ?2,375, including accommodation but not flights (0034 856 07 96 26; atasteofspain.com). AB

10. Tracing the story of La Rioja


The autumn colours are spectacular in the rolling landscapes of La Rioja, when the grape harvest is also under way. Combine that with pleasant temperatures and blue skies and you have perfect conditions for a wine-tasting holiday where you spend a lot of time enjoying the countryside too. Exploring the region, you see castles, abandoned villages and birds of prey, between visits to a selection of the most interesting wineries, including those of Marques de Murrieta and Contino as well as those of lesser-known producers. The tour also boasts a visit to the María la Real of Nájera, a monastery famous as the burial place of more than thirty royals and a popular stop on the Camino de Santiago. Arblaster & Clarke’s “The Story of Rioja” runs from October 1-6.


?2,245, including accommodation, all meals, winery visits, transfers and flights (01730 263111; winetours.co.uk). AB

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Strapped into a harness and secured to a safety rail, daredevils begin their viewing experience on the 78th floor lounge and dining room where they then walk along an open-air ledge before ascending to the glass "viewing capsule" two floors above at nearly 235 metres (935 feet) above the ground,http://www.ssrlzr.com/ssldjy/wMcms_GuestBook.aspcheapjordanshoesfreeshipping.com/bolg.
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Visitors will be able to walk along an open-air ledge
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On a clear day, visitors are said to be able to see as far as 60 kilometres (nearly 40 miles), along the Dubai-Abu Dhabi border, in addition to dramatic vistas over the Business Bay district, Sheikh Zayed Road and the Dubai Canal Project below.
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A rendering of the Aykon City development
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The new attraction will form part of the six-tower Aykon City mini-city, which includes a five-star luxury hotel and a collection of luxury apartments, residences and an office tower, in the heart of the Golden Quadrant of Dubai, joining the likes of the emirate’s renowned high-rises including the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and the Jumeirah Emirates Towers.
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A rendering of the Aykon City development
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The development, work on which is reported to begin this summer and be completed by 2021, will also feature a central “elevated plaza” offering various communal spaces and facilities including swimming pools, a children’s playground, a running track, an outdoor yoga space, as well as cafes, lounges and luxury boutiques.
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The Needle tower in Dubai will surpass the Burj Khalifa
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Earlier this month, Dubai announced plans to bui...lion (?710 million) tower that will exceed the height of the 828m (2,716 ft)-high Burj Khalifa.
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