Spain

Mark highlights 7 popular adventure sports on the island of Majorca, including paragliding and cliff diving.

Mark lays out the top festivals and parties in Spain, from Carnival every February to La Tomatina in August.

Discover some of the most popular restaurants for seafood in Barcelona, Spain, with this handy dining guide.

Spain’s capital of Madrid was my last stop on a whirlwind trip through western Europe. The Prado (museum) houses a large number of masterpieces, and I recognized quite a few …

Visiting Europe on my ’round the world trip, I was trying to catch up with some popular spots I missed my first time around back in 1998.  Switzerland was one, …

I caught 3 matches on 3 different continents, and they were all exciting.

Barcelona is tapas, Gaudi, Camp Nou, the beach…

You remember Emily Callaghan, right?  She wrote the most popular article on Go Backpacking last month, entitled “The Importance of Hooking Up Abroad.” Since so many people enjoyed her writing, …

So I’m lounging on my couch after two late nights of partying in Medellin, waiting to be picked up by some new friends to spend the night at a finca …

My return to Europe 10 years after my first backpacking trip there was a blast. No Visas, no currency exchanges, no need to show evidence of onward travel. The hospitality …

I slept late again, and struck out on a mission for cash and Colombia guidebook (in English). I tried at least four local banks, all of which denied my request …

I arrived in Madrid after a tiring 8 hour bus ride. We stopped every 2 hours for toilets and food though. Snow covered the ground 2 hours outside Madrid. I …

    Thankfully not my Capital One credit card, which I had left in my money belt back at the hostel (locked in the top part of my backpack, which …

I’m on the bus to Madrid. 8 hours, a long haul. About last night… I got a bit of rest at the hostel and took the metro to the stadium, …

  I took the metro to La Sagrada Familia, the grandiose yet unfinished cathedral of architect Antoni Gaudi. Upon exiting the metro station, I turned around to catch my first …

  My train arrived in Barcelona at 11pm as scheduled. I took the metro a few stops, and walked five minutes to the nearby family run, year and a half …

  12:45 pm I’m on the 7.5 hours train to Barcelona via Narbonne in southeast France. The weather has turned, the sky now gray and cloudy. We all slept in …

Spain is on my short list of western European countries to visit on my backpacking trip. Spain also happens to be the home of Chef Ferran Adria of El Bulli …