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In the far south of Andalucía lies the city of Cádiz, an ancient island fortress. Legend has it that it was founded by Hercules, and its history reaches back to the time of the Phoenicians over 3,000 years ago. This vibrant city has been a crossroads of cultures, including Romans, Greeks, Carthaginians and Moors. This heritage of a constant mixing of peoples, plus a dynamic history of boom and...

Spain has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to artisan regional foods. Every town we visit seems to have a cherished tradition, whether it is the fabes beans for fabada stew that are hand-tended on small Asturian farms, or the beloved Ibérico de Bellota ham of the village of Jabugo that owes its flavor to the special landscape and plants of the area where the Ibérico pigs roam. At La...

Our family loves to journey to Galicia, a place where we can relax, enjoying life among cordial Celtic fisher folk and those who work the fields and tend the flocks. There is nothing quite like wandering the rias, or fjords, formed by mountain streams as they wend their way to the sea. 

We love to drive along the lapping tidelands and the wave-pounded cliffs of Galicia. It...

Good morning everybody, I am Pablo Vázquez, a good friend of Don Harris. I wanted to show you a bit more of my city, Vigo, and its bay. I think the bay is the most beautiful part of the city, life goes around it, as Vigo was born around a fishing neighborhood: O Berbés .

O Berbés, about the 1920's. The arches on the houses ere for guarding the boats. Many of these houses still exist...