Tucked halfway between Lisbon and Porto is one of the loveliest gems of Portugal’s entire Atlantic seaboard: Figueira da Foz, a city of just over 62,000 with broad, breezy (read: surfing and windsurfing), and laid back beaches appealing enough to entice anyone to stay all......

When most foreigners think of “the south of Spain,” what comes to mind is the history, culture, beaches, and nature of Andalusia, from Almería in the east to Huelva on the Atlantic coast. But just east of Almería lies Murcia, which is lesser known but......

A lovely region just under two hours down the coast and inland from provincial capital Tarragona, and just under three from Barcelona, Terra Alta is known for its wines. But if you love nature as well as wine, there’s also plenty of dramatic, rugged landscape......