Spain, Portugal. Morocca

[poppy]

Younger daughter is heading to Portugal next year for a wedding. (Friendship made on a Contiki tour and they are paying for a couple of nights accommodation). \

Anyway, after suggestions of 'must do' and 'don't waste your time' and anything else in between.

thanks all

[tzarine]

love donostia in basque country. amazing food, cool mountaintop amusement park, nice beaches, excellent museum, lovely hill walks
barcelona is still lovely, but really really touristy. the gaudi are gorgeous
madrid is grand. love the prado, thyssen & reina sofia

here's an article i did on spain:
www.mitchberman.com/susannelee/spain.htm

[wombatrois]

San Sebastian!

Lisbon!

Porto!

Depends how long she has. I loved the north-west corner of Portugal (the Portuguese Way), but you need to spend more than a day there.

[poppy]

thanks Tzarine and Wombatrois

[tzarine]

poppy
if you go to donostia/san sebastian, i'll dig out my pintxos list

bar zeruko is amazing

[rikita]

how long is she there? i suppose you could spend months in each country ... in portugal i liked lisbon and porto, too, and also the vila do geres region and the serra da estrela for hiking. in spain i was mainly in andalusia, the grazalema region is very pretty for hiking, and while sevilla and cordoba and granada get a lot of tourists, i think they are still worthwhile at least for a bit ...

[poppy]

thanks Rikita, she will have around 2-3 weeks to travel around. Partner wants to go for 2 weeks, she has got him to 3 weeks but now wants 4.

Suggested she do a full, this is what I want to do itinerary then shave it back to a suitable timeframe

[tzarine]

have a friend who did the camino de santiago & loved it
santiago-compostela.net/

[poppy]

thanks Tzarine