Vegetarian and Vegan Madrid RestaurantsAre you headed to Madrid and worried that, whatever you order, it’s going to come sprinkled with ham? Relax. The vegan movement is booming in the Spanish capital, and vegan and vegetarian visitors will be spoiled for choice. Whether you’re looking for traditional Spanish tapas, a…
For those of you who have been following our trip through Extremadura via my last few blog posts, we’ve almost reached the end. Our last stop in Spain before crossing the border into Portugal was the somewhat scruffy city of Badajoz. While it had by far the largest population of…
Seville hosts the most celebrated Semana Santa processions in Spain. The truth is that similar processions take place in towns and villages all over Spain. But the ones in Seville are justly famous for their elaborate costumes, huge numbers of participating cofradías (brotherhoods) and general religious fervour. While I’m not…
While Mérida as a whole is a fairly nondescript, modern city, it is dotted with some quite impressive remains of its Roman past, back when it was called Augusta Emerita and served as the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania. There were so many things to see, in fact,…
I thought our stay in the parador at Plasencia would be impossible to beat, but the Hospedería de Real Monasterio in Guadalupe sure made a good stab at it. Now, if you’re like me, the name “Guadalupe” conjures up images of Latin America, such as the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe…
While Cáceres truly lives up to its name of “monumental city”, Trujillo has just has many impressive palaces, churches and towers, as well as an imposing castle standing guard above the city, yet somehow it retains a much more provincial, low-key feel to it. The views from the castle of…
After Plasencia, the next stop on our tour of the Extramadura region in Spain was Cáceres. The old part of town is referred to as the “monumental city”, and indeed the streets of its historic core are lined on both sides with truly monumental palaces, churches, towers and stone archways.…
Hi, I'm Wendy. I'm an intrepid traveler, vegan foodie and animal lover. I travel all over the world (117 countries and counting!) uncovering vegan treasures to show you how you can be vegan anywhere. Read more on my About page.
